Agra: As numerous states in North India are battling intense chilly wave, a thick layer of smog engulfed Agra and its iconic monument Taj Mahal on Wednesday. The Seventeenth-century mausoleum, that draws thousands and thousands of vacationers from internationally, was barely seen beneath the thick layer of smog, movies posted on-line confirmed.
Nevertheless, it was not the primary time that the Taj Mahal has disappeared beneath a blanket of smog. In 2021, visuals of the smog engulfing the Taj Mahal went viral on social media platforms.
The event comes as Uttar Pradesh is experiencing a extreme chilly wave. Temperatures have dropped within the metropolis attributable to icy winds from the mountains. Other than this, fog has introduced down visibility close to zero in a number of areas.
It must be famous that dense fog engulfed many districts of Uttar Pradesh. With the arrival of the winter, vacationers come from far and large come to see the Taj Mahal yearly. And the guests who reached Mehtab Bagh this morning couldn’t see the Taj Mahal.
Within the meantime, Delhi woke as much as a blanket of dense fog on Wednesday, as a chilly wave swept throughout the town, bringing a pointy drop in temperatures together with chilly winds, leading to diminished visibility.
The minimal temperature is predicted to plunge to eight levels Celsius for the day while the utmost temperature is anticipated to stay at 16 levels Celsius, together with “very dense fog,” as per the India Meteorological Division (IMD).
This chilling climate has led the homeless individuals to take refuge in evening shelters constructed in numerous elements of the town.
Visuals from the Sarai Kale Khan space, Ram Leela Maidan space and Nigam Bodh Ghat space confirmed a big variety of individuals taking refuge at evening houses with all their beds occupied.
The Delhi City Shelter Enchancment Board (DUSIB) has additionally arrange 235 pagoda tents to supply shelter to homeless individuals. Night time shelters have been arrange in a number of areas of the nationwide capital, together with AIIMS, Lodhi Street, and Nizamuddin flyover.