North and East India wake up to another day of dense fog

Tuesday was yet another day when dense fog was observed in many parts of North and East India. The national capital Delhi as usual woke up to foggy conditions, with the Palam airport experiencing nil visibility. Other places in the capital like Dwarka, Faridabad, Laxminagar and Indirapuram observed dense fog with visibility recording close to 100 meters. The conditions at Noida expressway and Model Town in north Delhi was a shade better with shallow fog being reported.

Meanwhile, Amritsar in Punjab also witnessed very dense fog with visibility dropping to nil. Punjab is a pocket where fog makes a regular occurrence. At the start of the winter season in November, Punjab was the first place to experience fog.

Moving on to East India, Patna observed very dense fog as visibility dropped to 100 meters. The situation in the Capital of Uttar Pradesh was similar with very dense fog pulling down the visibility to 100 meters. The situation in Gaya was a little better with dense fog being observed and visibility recording 200 meters. Other places in the region to have reported foggy conditions are Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Varanasi and Agra. Gorakhpur has been the worst hit pocket in the region due to fog.

Meanwhile, thirteen flights were reported to be cancelled in Delhi out of which 21 were to depart from the Palam airport. Rail traffic was also hit hard with Amritsar Janshatabdi express running late by 15 hrs. Vaishali superfast express is 5 hrs late, Magadh express 4 hrs, New Delhi Dibrugarh Rajdhani 6 hrs, Kolkata Rajdhani 21 hrs, Seealdah Rajdhani 21 hrs and Poorva express 16 hrs late.

Previous day fog report: Delay of 190 trains across India due to very dense fog

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