New Delhi:

As many as 134 flights and 22 trains had been delayed after a thick blanket of haze lined Delhi and far of north India because the India Meteorological Division (IMD) predicted dense fog over Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab until December 31.

Flights, trains delayed

Passengers had been seen queuing up on the gate of the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport amid intense fog. Roughly 134 flights, each arrivals and departures (home and worldwide), had been affected by the fog. 

Thirty 5 35 worldwide flight departures and 28 worldwide arrivals bought delayed on the airport. nicely. Alternatively, 43 home departures and 28 home arrivals had been late.

As many as 22 trains had been delayed by a number of hours on the New Delhi Railway Station amid low visibility. 

Low visibility

At 5.30 am, visibility at Delhi’s Safdarjung observatory dropped to 50 metres whereas Palam, close to Delhi airport, reported a visibility of 25 metres. In Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and UP, the visibility ranged from 50 to 25 metres. 

Dense to very dense fog reported in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and in remoted pockets over Jammu & Kashmir, West Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh

— India Meteorological Division (@Indiametdept) December 28, 2023

Though Delhi noticed improved visibility in some areas this morning, foggy climate continues to prevail within the NCR area.

Faculties in a number of UP cities have declared holidays as biting chilly continues to prevail throughout North India. The Met has predicted “very dense fog” for late night time and morning hours until New Yr’s Eve within the northern states.

“Fog more likely to develop into extra dense and really more likely to lengthen to extra elements of Uttar Pradesh & north Rajasthan and a few elements of maximum north Madhya Pradesh,” the IMD stated in a submit on X, advising vacationers to watch out and use fog lights whereas driving.

Air high quality “very poor”

As chilly wave situations proceed, the minimal temperature in Delhi settled at 6 levels Celsius whereas the utmost is anticipated to not go above 21 levels Celsius.

With a dense haze hanging within the air, the air high quality remained “very poor” for the second day within the metropolis. The typical AQI in Delhi reached 386 with Anand Vihar recording an AQI of 464 within the “extreme” class . In line with the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB), the air pollution degree will stay poor class for the subsequent two days additionally. 

On Wednesday, thick haze lined a lot of north India, delaying over 110 flights and 25 trains out and in of Delhi. As roads remained engulfed in fog, a number of collisions had been reported throughout Uttar Pradesh. One particular person was killed and 12 others injured after a number of autos collided on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. In Bareilly, a rushing truck rammed right into a home close to the Bareilly-Sultanpur freeway.

In one other large pileup, a number of folks had been injured and 12 autos crashed on a Yamuna Expressway stretch close to Better Noida. The pile-up occurred at Jewar on the Noida-Agra route. Visuals from the positioning confirmed broken autos, together with vans and automobiles, on the pile-up web site.