New Delhi, Jan 6: As cold wave maintained its grip in the North India, Delhi experienced the worst fog in four year, with flight and trains operations coming to a standstill.
Intense cold wave continued unabated in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan with temperatures settling below normal in most parts of North India adversely affecting normal life.
With dense fog enveloping the IGI Airport, the visibility dropped below the mandatory 50 metres, disrupting flight operations and causing inconvenience to passengers. According to reports, as the visibility was below 50 metres, over 200 flights were delayed at the IGI. The fog was being expected to get lesser after 9.30 AM.
Fog started to descend at the airport on Sunday evening at around 6.30 PM and it became dense by 8 PM. The visibility dropped to less than 75 meters due to which flight operations were disrupted, airport sources said. The fog became more dense around 9.30 PM due to which the general visibility was almost nil while the runway visibility was below 50 meters, leading to suspension of flight operations.
The thick fog affected the rail traffic as many trains were running behind scheduled or were cancelled. Chaos prevailed at Delhi railway station as the passengers were stranded waiting for their trains.
According to MeT department, Delhi is witnessing second spell of dense fog since two days and will continue for another 24 hours.
On Sunday, Delhi recorded the minimum temperature settled down at 7.8 degree Celsius, one notch below normal, and the maximum temperature was recorded at 19.3 degree Celsius, one notch above normal.
Dense fog accompanied with biting cold wave conditions disrupted normal life in Delhi.
Besides Delhi, foggy conditions were reported in Lucknow, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Vizag, Patna and Guwahati leading to disruption in flight movement.
Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region experienced sub-zero temperatures as cold intensified and mercury plummeted several notches below the freezing point.
Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, over two degrees down from the previous night's minus 1.6 degrees Celsius, a MeT official said.
Several parts of Punjab and Haryana, including Hisar, Amritsar, Patiala, Bathinda, Narnaul, Ludhiana and Rohtak remained engulfed under a thick blanket of fog due to which several trains criss-crossing the region ran hours behind schedule due to low visibility.
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