While there is snowfall in the mountains in the month of January, North India is in the grip of severe cold and cold wave. The country’s capital Delhi and surrounding areas are wrapped in a blanket of dense fog. Its impact has started falling on normal life, a road accident took place on Saturday in Hisar, Haryana, adjacent to Delhi. Two people died in this tragic accident. This accident happened at Surewala Chowk in Uklana area of Hisar. A video of this incident has also surfaced. It is clearly visible that a truck fell on the car, due to which the car was blown to pieces. After the accident, a crowd of people gathered at the spot.
At the same time, visibility has been very low in the morning and night in many areas of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Due to dense fog, there has been a huge impact on road, rail and air traffic. Vehicles are moving slowly on national highways, causing long traffic jams, 81 trains are running late due to dense fog and routes of 15 flights have been diverted. The Meteorological Department said that visibility was zero in Palam from 11:30 pm on Friday night and in Safdarjung from 12:30 am on Saturday. Today at 7 am, the occupancy at Indira Gandhi International Airport was zero, there was very dense fog in the morning. Runway Visual Range (RVR) on the runway was in the range of 100-250 meters with CAT III conditions.
Delhi International Airport Limited, which operates the Delhi airport, said in a post on X at 6:56 am that landings and takeoffs are continuing at the Delhi airport. Operation of some flights may be affected, passengers are requested to contact the concerned airline for flight updates. Due to dense fog in Delhi, traffic became zero in many parts of the national capital.
According to the Meteorological Department, occupancy near Palam, Safdarjung, Amritsar, Agra, Hindon, Chandigarh and Gwalior airports became zero.
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