New Delhi:

Over 110 flights have been affected on the Delhi airport after dense fog shrouded north India on Wednesday morning as visibility dropped to simply 50 metres, disrupting the motion of site visitors. The climate workplace issued a pink alert over “very dense fog” within the nationwide capital as chilly wave circumstances continued. As many as 25 trains headed to Delhi are delayed, Northern railways mentioned.

As roads remained engulfed in fog, a number of collisions have been reported throughout Uttar Pradesh. One particular person was killed and 12 others injured after a number of automobiles collided on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. In Bareilly, a rushing truck rammed right into a home close to the Bareilly-Sultanpur freeway.

#WATCH | Unnao, Uttar Pradesh: A number of automobiles collided on the Agra-Lucknow expressway as a result of dense fog, a number of individuals sustained accidents pic.twitter.com/JhPJT0XYxp

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 27, 2023

The India Meteorological Division (IMD) predicted “dense to very dense fog circumstances” over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. 

In Delhi, the Palam observatory close to the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport recorded a visibility degree of 125 metres whereas on the Safdarjung observatory it dropped to simply 50 metres. Nevertheless, commuters reported even decrease visibility in a number of components of the nationwide capital. Other than Delhi, a number of north Indian cities woke as much as foggy climate that lowered visibility. Whereas Patiala, Lucknow and Prayagraj recorded very low visiblity of 25 metres, in Amritsar it dropped to 0 metres.

layer of dense fog over northwest & adjoning central India proceed to persist. @ndmaindia@moesgoi@DDNewslive@PIB_India@airnewsalertspic.twitter.com/MVPCRDNrCg

— India Meteorological Division (@Indiametdept) December 27, 2023

The air high quality within the metropolis additionally recorded a pointy decline after weeks of comparatively good air. The typical air high quality dropped to 381, “very poor” on the Air High quality Index. 

The minimal temperature in Delhi was recorded at 7 levels Celsius whereas the utmost temperature is predicted to rise as much as 24 levels Celsius.

In accordance with the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB), Delhi’s Anand Vihar recorded a 441 AQI whereas Lodhi Street in central Delhi recorded an AQI of 327. On the IGI airport, air high quality stood at 368. Neighbouring Ghaziabad and Noida recorded an AQI of 336 and 363 respectively. In accordance with the forecast, the air high quality is ready to cut back even additional over the following week, whereas 

In accordance with the climate workplace, very dense fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, between 51 and 200 metres is dense, between 201 and 500 metres reasonable, and between 501 and 1,000 metres shallow.