Dense fog covers North India

Severe cold wave conditions and dense fog have disrupted normal life in various parts of northern India. A dense fog blanketed the region in the early hours today, reducing visibility to zero in several areas and disrupting flight and train operations. Road traffic in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana moved at a snail’s pace as commuters struggled to navigate through the thick fog cover. 

Flight operations were affected at the Delhi airport in the early morning due to thick fog. several flights are also reported delayed due to low visibility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital. In a social media post, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) urged passengers to contact airlines for an update on flight information.

According to Indian Railways, as many as 49 Delhi-bound trains have been delayed by up to four hours. These include the Malwa Express, the Farakka Express, the Padmawat Express, the Shranjeevi Express, the Ahmedabad Rajdhani Express, the Tamil Nadu Express, and the Gondwana Express.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that dense fog and cold day



conditions are likely to continue over parts of Northwest and central India during the next two days and improve thereafter. Very dense fog conditions are likely to prevail during the night and early morning hours in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and some parts of Uttar Pradesh.

According to IMD, dense fog conditions are also likely to prevail in Himachal Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Assam, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar over the next two to three days.

Further, heavy rain and snowfall are predicted over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan and Muzaffarabad today and tomorrow due to a western disturbance. Heavy rainfall is also expected over Himachal Pradesh tomorrow.

Besides, cold day conditions are very likely in isolated pockets of East Uttar Pradesh. The IMD has also forecast cold wave conditions in isolated pockets of North Interior Karnataka and Telangana. The weather department added that there will be a gradual rise in minimum temperatures by two to three degrees Celsius over Northwest India during the next four days.