Low visibility in northern States, affects affects normal life, flight operations

Very dense fog over northern and north-eastern India affects normal life, delays flight operations and reduces visibility.

A dense fog over northern and north-eastern parts of the country such as Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Bihar has resulted in very low visibility, affected normal life and delayed flight operations on Thursday, January 4, 2024 morning.

"Fog conditions observed (at 0830 hours IST of today): Very Dense fog over Jammu, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh, West Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh, Bihar; Dense Fog over Delhi, Uttarakhand, East rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh and Tripura and Moderate Fog over West MP, Odisha and Manipur. India" Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Visibility recorded at 0530 hours IST, in metres in Uttar Pradesh indicated Bareilly at 25, in Lucknow visibility was up to 25 mts, in Bahraich it was 25, in Prayagraj it was 50, Varanasi recorded 50, Gorakhpur was at 200 and in Sultanpur it was 200, the IMD said.

According to the IMD visibility recorded (at 0830 hours IST of today) (metres):

Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu- 25

Punjab: Patiala-25; Amritsar-50

Haryana-Chandigarh: Chandigarh & Ambala - 25 each, Karnal-50