Dense Smog Reduces Visibility to 50m at Delhi Airport, Disrupts Rail Traffic Severely

Dense Smog at Delhi Airport: According to officials, low visibility conditions affected operations at the Delhi airport on Wednesday morning, causing at least seven planes to be diverted and numerous others to be delayed.

Around 5:30 am, extremely dense fog started to form, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), creating a thick haze over several areas of the nation's capital.

The minimum and maximum temperatures are likely to drop to 5 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius in the next few days.

Road and train traffic were hampered Thursday morning by a thick fog layer that covered the Indo-Gangetic plains, including Delhi.

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According to the Met Office, around 5:30 am, visibility conditions at the Safdarjung and Palam airports were 200 meters. Visibility has dropped to 50 meters at both locations on Tuesday.

Visibility improved somewhat on Wednesday due to southwesterly winds at the middle tropospheric level and the resulting rise in temperature.

The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital is the country's busiest airport and handles around 1,400 flight movements daily.

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Since fog is occurring more frequently, persistently, and intensely over India's northern regions, recent research on the phenomenon have brought up serious socioeconomic issues.

An strong moisture intrusion from the Arabian Sea onto the west coast of India and study published earlier this year in the Nature magazine for the increase of fog over the Indo-Gangetic plains.

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