India
oi-Deepika S
The
cold
wave
conditions
have
abated
from
the
plains
of
northwest
India
and
no
cold
wave
is
likely
over
North
India
during
the
next
4
days.
New
Delhi,
Jan
11:
The
India
Meteorological
Department
(IMD)
on
Wednesday
issued
an
orange
alert
for
Delhi,
Haryana,
Uttar
Pradesh,
and
Bihar,
in
light
of
a
thick
blanket
of
fog
covering
several
parts
of
North
India.
The
weather
department
has
also
predicted
“cold
day
to
severe
cold
day
conditions”
in
Delhi,
Uttarakhand,
Punjab,
Haryana,
and
Uttar
Pradesh.
“Very
dense
fog
observed
in
many
places
over
Haryana;
in
some
pockets
over
Punjab;
in
isolated
pockets
over
West
UP,
West
Rajasthan,
Sub-Himalayan
West
Bengal,
and
Sikkim;
Dense
fog
in
many
places
East
UP
and
in
some
areas
of
Bihar,”
IMD
said
in
a
statement.
“Visibility
recorded
at
08.30
am
today:
Punjab:
Bhatinda-0,
Amritsar-25,
and
Ludhiana-200;
West
Rajasthan:
Ganganagar-25;
Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi:
Hissar,
Ambala
and
Bhiwani-25
each;
Palam-50;
Karnal,
Safdarjung
and
Ayanagar
(Delhi)-
200,”
the
statement
said.
“West
Uttar
Pradesh:
Agra-0;
East
Uttar
Pradesh:
Varanasi/Babatpur,
Bahraich,
Sultanpur
and
Lucknow-50;
Bihar:
Gaya,
Bhagalpur-50
each,
Purnea-200;
Sub-Himalayan
West
Bengal:
Cooch
Behar-25,
Baghdogra-50,
and
Jalpaiguri-200;
Uttarakhand:
Pantnagar-200,”
it
added.
Delhi
logs
50
hours
of
dense
fog
in
January,
highest
since
2019:
IMD
According
to
ANI,
“around
45
flights
including
Delhi-Shimla,
Delhi-Kathmandu,
Delhi-Chennai,
Delhi-Jaisalmer,
Delhi-Bareilly,
Delhi-Mumbai,
Delhi-Varanasi,
Delhi-Srinagar,
Delhi-Jaipur,
Delhi-Guwahati
were
delayed
on
Wednesday
morning
due
to
fog
and
cold
weather
in
the
national
capital.”
According
to
the
weather
office,
‘very
dense
fog’ is
when
visibility
is
between
0
and
50
metres,
between
51
and
200
metres
is
‘dense’,
between
201
and
500
metres
‘moderate’,
and
between
501
and
1,000
metres
‘shallow’.
Delhi
saw
cold
wave
conditions
for
the
fifth
consecutive
day
on
Monday
and
the
season’s
longest
fog
cover
which
crippled
road,
rail
and
air
traffic
movement.
As
per
the
IMD,
the
cold
wave
conditions
have
abated
from
the
plains
of
northwest
India
and
no
cold
wave
is
likely
over
North
India
during
the
next
4
days.
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Story first published: Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 12:21 [IST]
