Dense fog envelopes North India including National Capital Region

Dense fog conditions were observed today morning in various parts of Northern India including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Delhi.

IMD has forecast very dense fog in northern parts of the country for a few days. It said that dense fog conditions will prevail over many parts of Punjab till tomorrow and over West Uttar Pradesh till Thursday.

For Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and East Uttar Pradesh, the IMD has predicted very dense fog till tomorrow.

In Uttarakhand, the dense fog conditions are likely to prevail till Thursday and in north Madhya Pradesh, north Rajasthan, and Jharkhand till tomorrow.

Dense fog conditions are also likely to prevail in Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura till Tuesday.

In Delhi, a thick layer of fog was witnessed in the morning. Delhi’s temperature was recorded at 12.8 degrees Celsius. According to the Nothern Railways, as many as 23 trains were reported running late by around 2 to 7 hours due to the foggy weather conditions. They include Delhi-bound Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express, Chennai-New Delhi GT Express, Hyderabad-New Delhi, Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani and Bhopal-Nizamuddin Express.