New Delhi: Heavy fog disrupted air, rail and road traffic in the northern part of the country with visibility reduced to zero metres at various places.
Flight operations at the Delhi airport were impacted due to poor visibility with flights either cancelled or rescheduled. Trains were also running several hours late due to poor visibility as a result of the thick fog.
Satellite imagery showed some reduction in fog over Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. However, ‘dense’ to ‘very dense’ fog prevailed in parts of Punjab, Haryana, west Rajasthan, Bihar, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Assam.
At 5:30 am, visibility levels stood at 25 metres in Patiala, Amritsar, Ambala, Hisar, Bikaner and Purnia and 50 metres in Churu, Ganganagar, Jhansi, Ranchi, Paradip and Lakhimpur.
At the Palam Observatory near the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, visibility was limited to only 50 metres. However, it improved to 350 metres by 8:30 am.
