Dense Fog Covered North India

Flights cancelled due to fog…

New Delhi: On Tuesday, 10 January 2023, People witnessed thick fog in the country. Visibility is less than 100 m at 8.00 am in several areas, including Jammu, Patiala, and Karnal.

In Delhi's Palam visibility dipped to zero.

"Less than 100 m visibility at 8.30 am in Jammu division's Jammu, Uttarakhand's Pantnagar, Punjab's Patiala, Amritsar and Ludhiana, Haryana's Bhiwani and Karnal, Delhi's Palam, Raj's Ganganagar, UP's Bareilly, Bahraich, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj & Bihar's Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea," as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).

On Tuesday, as many as 40 flights, scheduled to depart from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), were delayed because of dense fog, sources informed.

However, the airport sources further informed that no flight diversions were reported till 7 am in the morning.

While several domestic flights queued for departures were delayed because of inclement weather in the national capital, 18 more flights scheduled to touch down at the Delhi airport were also delayed.

Amid a severe cold wave prevailing in the entire north Indian belt, Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 6.4 Degrees Celsius while Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 7.5 Degree Celsius, till 8:30 am.

Visibility in the Palam area was recorded at 50 meters while at Safdarjung, it was 200 meters, as per the data from India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Delhi has been grappling with some of the coldest days in its history over the last week, and woke up to another cold and foggy day.

According to the Meteorological department, the visibility in Palam was recorded at 0 meters at 4.30 am while the visibility at Safdarjung is currently at 200 meters.