The nation’s capital was shrouded in a thick layer of fog on Wednesday as the cold wave that is sweeping through northern India persisted. Delhi residents awoke to a foggy morning as thick fog shrouded the city, resulting in poor visibility and traffic disruptions that delayed commuters. The nation’s capital saw a dip in temperature to nearly seven degrees. On December 27 and 29, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a warning of “dense to very dense” fog over isolated pockets of north Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh, as well as in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
According to the Met Department Visibility recorded at 5:30 AM today was, Amritsar (airport)-0, Patiala-25; Srinagar-25; Bareilly-25, Lucknow-25, Paryagraj-25 & Varanasi-50, Jhansi-200; Ganganagar-50, Kota-500; Delhi- Safdarjung-50; Delhi (Palam)-125.
Morning visuals from Delhi’s Dhaula Kuan, India gate, Barapullah and the Delhi-Noida border area showed them engulfed in dense fog.
Some trains arriving and departing from New Delhi, were also delayed due to fog and low visibility.
The IMD said that as per satellite imagery from 6:45 AM, layer of dense Fog is persisting over parts of northwest India & adjoining central India including Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, North Rajasthan, North Madhya Pradesh. Dense to very dense fog conditions are being reported over these regions . A layer of dense fog is also seen over parts of Jammu & Kashmir.