When the temperature drops, thick fog covers Delhi-NCR, and five aircraft are diverted to Jaipur. Tuesday morning brought heavy fog and a chilly morning in Delhi and the surrounding districts of the National Capital Region (NCR) as the cold wave continued to encircle northern India.
Tuesday’s flight operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport were also hampered by low visibility at 150 meters, according to data as of 5:30 a.m.
Additionally, the airport officials sent out a passenger notice alerting them to the possibility that fog would interfere with flight operations.
The weather at Delhi airport caused five planes to be diverted to Jaipur between 8.30 and 10 am at the time this article was written, according to airport sources.
The nation’s capital was shrouded in dense fog, making visibility poor. In the city, the minimum temperature fell to 7 degrees Celsius.
The meteorological service said that there was very dense fog in certain areas of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, East Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha; moderate fog in certain areas of West Uttar Pradesh; and shallow fog in certain areas of Chandigarh, Bihar, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Tripura.
The yellow-circled area in the attached RAPID INSAT 3DR satellite picture depicts the fog layer spreading over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and north Madhya Pradesh.
Data collected at 5.30 am indicated that visibility was 500 meters or less in Delhi and its surrounding districts, with 100 meters in Delhi’s Palam and 200 meters in Safdarjung.
In Ghaziabad, the visibility on the Delhi-Meerut Highway was as low as 200 to 300 meters. Several locations along the highway had fog alarm signs to warn drivers. In Punjab, Amritsar and Patiala had a zero visibility level. Similarly, there was no visibility at all at Ambala, Haryana.
As the temperature in the nation’s capital dropped, people sought safety in night shelters. (Images from an overnight shelter close to AIIMS, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences)
Monday morning’s flight operations at Delhi’s IGI were also hampered by the capital’s thick fog, which completely obscured visibility.
