New Delhi:

Over 110 flights had been affected on the Delhi airport after dense fog shrouded north India on Wednesday morning as visibility dropped to simply 25 metres, disrupting the motion of site visitors. The climate workplace issued a purple 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 had been reported throughout Uttar Pradesh. One individual was killed and 12 others injured after multiple vehicles 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: Multiple automobiles collided on the Agra-Lucknow expressway as a consequence of dense fog, a number of folks sustained accidents pic.twitter.com/JhPJT0XYxp

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

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

In Delhi, the Safgarjung observatory recorded a visibility degree of fifty metres whereas on the Safdarjung observatory close to the Indira Gandhi International Airport it dropped to simply 25 metres. However, commuters reported even decrease visibility in a number of components of the nationwide capital. 

Apart from Delhi, cities in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab noticed diminished visibility as a consequence of dense haze. In Haryana’s Hisar and Karnal, visibility dropped to 25 metres whereas in Agra, Bareilly and Bhatinda it reached zero.

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

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

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

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi’s Anand Vihar recorded a 441 AQI whereas Lodhi Road in central Delhi recorded an AQI of 327. At the IGI airport, air high quality stood at 368. Neighbouring Ghaziabad and Noida recorded an AQI of 336 and 363 respectively. According to the forecast, the air high quality is about to cut back even additional over the following week, whereas 

According to 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.