Monday, January 9, 2023
The severe cold wave conditions continued to grip northern India for the fifth consecutive day on Monday. The record low temperatures and poor visibility have crippled life across cities, affecting communication and forcing schools to extend breaks.
The dark dense fog conditions in Delhi and other parts of north India brought visibility down to a minimum today, delaying over 150 domestic flights and forcing cancellation of over 250 trains. Cold wave conditions in the capital continued for the fifth consecutive day, although the minimum recorded temperature rose marginally.
According to satellite imagery and available visibility data, the fog layer has extended from Punjab and adjoining northwest Rajasthan to Bihar across Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh.
As dense fog enveloped most northern cities, very low visibility was recorded in most cities. In Punjab, Bhatinda recorded a 0 m visibility and Amritsar was at 25 m, while Chandigarh touched 0 m.
In Haryana, Ambala recorded 25 m visibility and Hissar at 50m. In Delhi, visibility in Safdarjung was at 25, and Palam at 50 m. Uttar Pradesh remained one of the worst affected states with zero visibility at Agra, Lucknow (Amausi) and Bareilly, 25 m at Varanasi, 50 m at Bareilly, Baharaich and Prayagraj. In Bihar, Bhagalpur recorded a 25 m visibility, Purnea and Gaya 50m and Patna 50 m. Meanwhile, northwest Rajasthan’s Ganganagar recorded 25 m visibility.
According to the weather office, ‘very dense fog’ is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, between 51 and 200 metres is ‘dense’, between 201 and 500 metres ‘moderate’, and between 501 and 1,000 metres ‘shallow’.
Three people were killed after a speeding vehicle hit a motorcycle amid dense fog near Kewali Village in the Chandauti police station area in Gaya. The vehicle also overturned due to the accident. The deceased was from the Fatehpur block of Gaya. The three motorcycle-borne people were going from Panchanpur to Gaya.
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