Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Delhi-NCR in the grip of dense fog, again

People of Delhi-NCR today woke up to dense fog, with the minimum temperature hovering around 9°C. Visibility dropped to below 100 m, severely impacting vehicular movement.
In Noida, low visibility on the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) expressway made driving hazardous.
According to an official of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), visibility at 8 am was 50 m. Delhi News
"In Delhi-NCR, the maximum temperature was recorded at 23°C and the minimum at 5°C," an official of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Dense fog, cold wave and ground frost are likely to cover parts of north-west India in the next three days, confirmed the MET department.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 320; PM 2.5 was recorded at 296; and PM 10 was recorded at 220 at Amity School in Sector 125, Noida.