The National Capital Territory of Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 1.5 degrees in the Delhi ridge on Saturday as the cold wave continues to grip northern India. As a result, many parts of Delhi are covered in thick and dense fog.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, in an advisory to the passengers, has said that several procedures have been undertaken at the airport to counter the menace of low visibility at the airport.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the minimum and maximum temperatures in January 2023 are most likely to remain below normal over many parts of central India and adjoining areas of peninsular, east and northwest India.
India Meteorological Department on Sunday predicted monthly minimum and maximum temperatures are most likely to be below normal over many parts of central India and adjoining areas of peninsular, east and northwest India
Dr Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of Regional Weather Forecasting Centre said on Thursday that Delhi-NCR is likely to witness dense fog for the next two to three days while Punjab, Haryana, and North Rajasthan may expect a decrease in temperature by 1-2 degrees alongwith cold wave conditions.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops, deployed at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab's Amritsar, were missing no chance to dominate the area by standing tall and patrolling despite a dense fog, with zero visibility, enveloped the area with a tight icy grip of winter.
An airport official said flight operations were not affected as Low Visibility Procedures (LVP) were in place for around 10 hours till 10.30 am on Tuesday. On Monday, it was just four hours starting at midnight.
According to IMD, the lowest visibility was reported on Tuesday till 5:30 am from areas Bathinda (00m), Amritsar, Ganganagar, Patiala, Delhi (Palam) and Lucknow (25m), Delhi and Purnea (50m), Ambala and Agra (200m), Gorakhpur (300m), Bareilly, Patna, Gaya and Kolkata (500m).
At least a dozen people were injured when 22 vehicles collided with each on the Ambala-Saharanpur highway in Yamuna Nagar earlier today due to low visibility caused by fog.