FLIGHT SERVICES USUAL DESPITE DENSE FOG IN DELHI; COLD WAVE TO CONTINUE: IMD

NEW DELHI The national Capital woke up to a foggy morning on Wednesday. Even as dense fog covered parts of Delhi, including the airport, officials said there was no impact on flight operations but low visibility procedures were set in place. The airport officials were yet to release the data on the visibility at the airport.

An official from Delhi airport said there was no impact on flight operations due to fog on Wednesday morning. “Low visibility procedures were activated but no diversions or cancellations were reported due to fog. All the three runways continued to operate normally throughout,” the official said.

Delhi airport shared on its Twitter handle that low visibility procedures were in place and flight operations were normal.

“Low visibility procedures are in progress at Delhi Airport. All flight operations are currently normal. For further assistance, please get in touch with the airline concerned. Any inconvenience is deeply regretted,” it posted on the microblogging site.

The minimum temperature in the city dropped down to 3.2 degrees Celsius.

The temperature is likely to remain above 4 degree Celsius, IMD scientists said. They added that with wind speeds slowing down, there is a possibility of moderate to dense fog in some parts of the city throughout this week.

“Similar conditions will prevail in the city over the next two days,” IMD regional forecasting centre head, Kuldeep Srivastava, told news agency PTI.

Meanwhile, the air quality in Delhi also took a turn for the worse as the hourly average air quality index (AQI) at 7am reached 340, in the very poor zone.

IMD SAID SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THE CITY OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS