Fog grips Delhi as air quality remains in ‘severe’ category
The Hindu
Delhi wakes up to thick fog, low temperatures; severe air quality, cold wave conditions predicted by IMD.
The people of Delhi woke up to a thick layer of fog on Saturday (December 21, 2024) morning. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature in Delhi dropped to 8° Celsius near New Delhi's Safdarjung while the maximum temperature is expected to reach 23° Celsius on Saturday at 8.00 a.m..
The minimum temperature recorded at 8:30 a.m. today at Safdarjung was 7.6° Celsius while Palam recorded 8.7° Celsius. A resident said, "It is our routine to go for cycling. We are not troubled by winters or summers. We have a whole group that is in different parts of Delhi...".
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As of December 21, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital has been recorded at 398, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), keeping close to the 'severe' category. The Air Quality Index in Delhi's Anand Vihar was recorded at 414 while the number reached 413 in Dwarka Sector 8. The north campus of Delhi University recorded AQI at 376 while the number at Lodhi Road was 362.
The AQI at Delhi's Rohini was recorded at 425 while the number decreased to 398 in Najafgarh, but remains close to the 'severe' category.
Moreover, the Republic Day parade rehearsals were underway at Kartavya Path as cold waves and dense fog engulfed the national capital. In visuals from Akshardham in Delhi, a thick layer of fog engulfed the area.
Meanwhile, IMD predicts severe cold wave conditions for Himachal Pradesh and remote areas in Jammu and Kashmir. It also predicted cold wave conditions in isolated Punjab and Rajasthan. Dense fog at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and east Rajasthan.
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