The temperature in Delhi dropped to 7 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning due to a heavy layer of fog, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Numerous parts of the city, including India Gate, Anand Vihar, and Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh Road, reported having low visibility because of the heavy fog. The IMD reports that while patches of dense to very dense fog were observed in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh, patches of dense fog were observed in Rajasthan, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh.
The visibility recorded at Delhi’s main weather station at Safdarjung was 50 metres at 5:30 am. It was 25 metres at Palam, the Met Office said.
According to the IMD, ‘very dense’ fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, 51 and 200 metres is ‘dense’, 201 and 500 metres ‘moderate’, and 501 and 1,000 metres ‘shallow’.
Several flights and trains were also delayed and diverted due to low visibility.
A passenger at Delhi IGI Airport, Vishal said, “I am coming from Dubai. The flight is delayed. It has been half an hour now. The fog is delaying the flights.”
“We have to go to Kuwait. Our flight is delayed,” another passenger from Punjab said.