NEW DELHI: On Tuesday morning, the Indo-Gangetic plains, including Delhi, experienced dense to very dense fog, reducing visibility to 25 meters in the capital city and causing traffic disruptions. The India Meteorological Department defines very dense fog as having visibility between 0 and 50 meters, dense fog as 51 to 200 meters, moderate fog as 201 to 500 meters, and shallow fog as 501 to 1,000 meters. 1/13Delhi wakes up wrapped in dense fogShow Captions<p>Dense fog grips Safdarjung in Delhi. </p><p>Low visibility at airport flyover in Delhi. </p><p>Dense fog at India Gate</p><p>Delhiites wake up to foggy morning. </p><p>Thick layer of fog grips India Gate. </p><p>Low visibility in east Delhi. </p><p>An area in east Delhi covered by dense fog. </p><p>A view at Geeta Colony area’s Yamuna bridge. </p><p>A view at Kartavya Path in Delhi. </p><p>Visual from near Akshardham Temple.</p><p>Low visibility at an area near Akshardham Temple. </p><p>Visibility reduces in Ghaziabad as a dense layer of fog covers the city. </p>The Met office had on Monday forecast that the Indo-Gangetic plains may see “dense to very dense” fog over the next five days, which may result in cancellation and diversion of trains and flights. 1 killed in accident due to dense fog in Gautam Buddh NagarOne person is reportedly killed and at least 10 people are injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar when a bus collided with a container vehicle due to heavy fog in Dankaur area early Tuesday. The bus was carrying 60 passengers. The injured have been rushed to a hospital, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police said. Satellite images showed a thick layer of fog over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. #GautamBuddhaNagar : At least 10 people injured, one death reported after their bus collided with a container vehic… https://t.co/7hCdB1RHiq— TOI Noida (@TOINoida) 1671506313000Visibility dropped to 25 metres at the Palam airport and 50 metres at the Safdarjung airport, an IMD official said. “Due to moisture and light winds at lower tropospheric levels over Indo-Gangetic plains, dense to very dense fog in many/some pockets very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in night/morning hours during the next three days and dense fog in isolated pockets for subsequent two days,” the Met office had said in a statement on Monday. #Delhi: Dense fog covers the national capital this morning. Pictures from Lodhi Road, Safdarjung, airport flyover a… https://t.co/BYIBm7pTBH— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1671503498000The IMD also issued an advisory, saying difficult driving conditions on highways, some collisions and tripping of power lines are possible. “Likely train delays, diversons and cancellations. Airport operations are likely to be affected with flight delays and cancellations,” it said. Dense fog covers Delhi. Video from NH-9 in #EastDelhi #DelhiFog https://t.co/Y9X4MhdyMB— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1671507512000The weather department said long exposures to fog can cause wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath in people having asthma bronchitis. It could also lead to eye irritation or infection. It suggested that travellers carry essential items like water and medicine on long journeys. With inputs from PTI
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