Delhi Weather Update: Severe Cold Wave, Dense Fog In The NCR; Over 30 Trains Delayed | DETAILS

Delhi Weather Update : On Saturday, a thick layer of fog engulfed Delhi-NCR (January 7). Today, the national capital experienced a continuous severe cold wave-like situation.

According to the India Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature in Delhi was 2.2 degrees Celsius, five degrees below average and the season’s lowest so far.

Visibility at Palam was reduced to around 50 metres due to dense fog, affecting road and rail traffic. At 5:30 a.m., visibility at the Palam observatory near the Indira Gandhi International Airport was 25 metres.

A dense layer of fog also lingered over northwest India and the adjoining central and eastern parts of the country, hampering road and rail traffic movement.

TRAIN STATUS

Due to fog, approximately 32 trains are running late in the Northern Railway region.

 

Several passengers are experiencing difficulties today as a result of trains that were either delayed, cancelled, or arrived late.

Delhi Weather Update: Flights delayed at Delhi airport:

Around 34 domestic flights from Delhi airport were delayed due to bad weather and other issues. Over 12 arrival flights from various destinations are delayed at the airport.

Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in Delhi has issued an advisory and initiated procedures due to low visibility caused by fog. In an advisory to passengers issued on Saturday, airport authorities stated that several procedures have been implemented at the airport to combat the threat of low visibility.

According to them, all flight operations are currently normal. According to authorities, the airport has also requested that passengers contact the relevant airline for the most up-to-date information about the flight. Several flights were cancelled on Friday due to fog and poor visibility.

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Severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR:

With temperatures dropping, the air quality in Delhi-NCR has deteriorated to the severe category, forcing the government to reimpose Stage-III of the GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan) and prohibit construction work in the entire NCR except for Railways, Delhi Metro, and a few other departments.

The air quality index (AQI) in several Delhi-NCR hotspots reached severe levels, including Mathura Road (440), Patparganj (448), Nehru Nagar (462), Sahibabad (452) and Noida Sector-62 (426). The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered a strict ban on construction and demolition activities throughout the NCR, and a nine-point action plan in accordance with Stage-III of the GRAP became effective on Friday.

This is in addition to the GRAP Stages I and II preventive and restrictive actions that are already in place. According to the CPCB’s AQI bulletin, Delhi’s overall AQI rose to 438 on Friday.

The nine-point action plan outlines steps that will be implemented and monitored by various agencies and NCR pollution control boards, including the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.