Delhi fogged up: Visibility dips, trains delayed, air quality severe

  • IndiaToday.in
  • New Delhi
  • January 19, 2018
  • UPDATED 11:59 IST

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Visibility recorded at 200 metres, humidity at 100 per cent.
  • Spike in pollution to hazardous levels, Delhi AQI stood at 379.
  • Moderate to dense fog likely to prevail tomorrow morning.
Photo: ANI

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Visibility recorded at 200 metres, humidity at 100 per cent.
  • Spike in pollution to hazardous levels, Delhi AQI stood at 379.
  • Moderate to dense fog likely to prevail tomorrow morning.
Fog continues to grip the National Capital Region (NCR) with minimum temperature settled at 7.4 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year, with fog reducing visibility in several parts of Delhi in the early hours. Several flights have been delayed from Delhi, and over 36

Fog continues to grip the National Capital Region (NCR) with minimum temperature settled at 7.4 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year, with fog reducing visibility in several parts of Delhi in the early hours.

Several flights have been delayed from Delhi, and over 36 trains are running late, including a few Rajdhani Express trains, due to fog in Mughalsarai.

Visibility around 8.30 a.m. was recorded at 200 metres and humidity was recorded at 100 per cent, causing the sudden spike in the pollution levels too, said a MeT department official.

There is a possibility of mist during the day with moderate to dense fog likely to prevail tomorrow morning, he added.

At 9:00 a.m., the major pollutant concentration PM 2.5 or particles with diameter less than 2.5 micrometers were 273 microgrammes per cubic meters around Delhi, while it was 272 across NCR, about 10 times the international safe limits.

According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi at 9:00 a.m. was 379 on a scale of 0 to 500.

While Muzaffarnagar remained the coldest place in Uttar Pradesh recording the minimum temperature of 2.8 degrees Celsius with cold wave conditions prevailing over the state, a MeT department official said.

Intense cold continues to prevail in the northern parts of the country with high-altitude areas in Jammu and Kashmir receiving a fresh bout of snow and those in Himachal Pradesh reeling under arctic conditions.

Though there was a marginal increase in temperatures in Kashmir and the Ladakh divisions due to an overcast sky, the mercury stayed below the freezing point in most areas, including Srinagar.

(With inputs from agencies)

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