For the second consecutive day, a thick layer of fog has coated north India, dropping temperatures and disrupting practice, and flight operations in a number of states.
The Delhi airport has issued an advisory for passengers that operations have been impacted on account of fog. Flyers are requested to contact the airways for updates. Over 170 flights have been delayed on the Delhi airport this morning and 38 have been cancelled. Srinagar, Chandigarh, Agra, Lucknow, Amritsar, Hindon and Gwalior airports reported zero visibility.
Over 50 trains coming to Delhi are late. The 22436 New Delhi Vande Bharat Specific is delayed by over 4 hours, whereas the Varanasi Vande Bharat Specific is 14 hours late. The New Delhi Vande Bharat Specific is eight hours and 17 minutes late and the Anand Vihar Terminal Superfast Specific is delayed by over seven hours.
Yesterday, over 200 flights had been delayed as visibility got here all the way down to zero on the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport.
Replace issued at 00:05 hours.
Type consideration to all flyers!#Fog #FogAlert #DelhiAirport pic.twitter.com/fQZakeRWAV— Delhi Airport (@DelhiAirport) January 3, 2025
The India Meteorological Division has forecast a dense to very dense fog within the nationwide capital, Uttar Pradesh and at remoted locations in Punjab and Haryana. In line with the IMD, the present common visibility on the IGI airport is zero.
IndiGo mentioned it “continues to expertise considerably lowered visibility on account of fog, impacting flight schedules”.
#6ETravelAdvisory: Departures and arrivals at #DelhiAirport are at present on maintain on account of lowered visibility. Please keep up to date in your flight standing https://t.co/IEBbuCsa3e. As soon as operations resume, flights should still encounter delays on account of airside congestion. (1/2)
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) January 3, 2025
Air India mentioned, “Poor visibility on account of dense fog is impacting flight operations in Delhi and components of Northern India,” asking passengers to test their flight standing.
Poor visibility on account of dense fog is impacting flight operations in Delhi and components of Northern India. Please test your flight standing at: https://t.co/6ajUZVeeIM earlier than heading to the airport.
— Air India (@airindia) January 3, 2025
SpiceJet suggested passengers to test their flight standing and up to date that, “On account of unhealthy climate (poor visibility) in Delhi (DEL), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights may get affected.”
#WeatherUpdate (03rd Jan’25): On account of unhealthy climate (poor visibility) in Delhi (DEL), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights may get affected. Passengers are requested to maintain a test on their flight standing by way of https://t.co/2wynECZugy.
— SpiceJet (@flyspicejet) January 3, 2025
Delhi is predicted to witness fog until January 8, with gentle rain seemingly on January 6. The temperature in Delhi as of Saturday morning was 10 levels Celsius.
A “chilly day” is when the minimal temperature is beneath 10 levels Celsius and the very best or lowest temperature is at the very least 4.5 levels decrease than what is taken into account regular for a selected interval.
As per the CPCB, the Air High quality Index is over 240, categorised as ‘Very Unhealthy’.