Dense Fog Blankets Delhi-NCR, Flight Ops Hit

New Delhi:

Dense fog engulfed Delhi and NCR on Saturday morning, prompting the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport and airways to difficulty and advisory. IndiGo mentioned flight schedules shall be impacted, advising travellers to plan their journey accordingly.

The temperature as of 8.30 am was 11.3 levels Celsius. As per FlightRadar24, the common delay in departures was at 26 minutes.

Delhi wrapped up a fairly heat January with Friday’s most temperature reaching 27 levels Celsius, making it town’s warmest day within the month since 2019.

The month’s common most temperature was 21.1 levels Celsius, a notch above the long-period common of 20.1 levels Celsius, marking it as Delhi’s warmest January since 2019.

Meteorologists attributed the warmer-than-usual January to the absence of sturdy western disturbances, which usually carry rain, reducing the temperature.

Many elements of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir had been additionally enveloped with dense fog, as per  the India Meteorological Division (IMD).

Forecasts counsel Delhi’s air will proceed to hover within the ‘very poor’ class till February 3, with slight enhancements anticipated thereafter.