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The national capital and other parts of the country witnessed dense fog and cold wave on Thursday morning leading to poor visibility, as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The data recorded by the national weather forecasting agency stated that the visibility in Delhi’s Palam, Punjab’s Amritsar, Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, Northwest Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, Sub Himalayan West Bengal’s Cooch Behar and Assam’s Dhubri was at 50 meters at 8:30 am today.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius at 7 am today while the maximum is expected to touch 18 degrees Celsius.
Moreover, the visibility in the Palam area of the national capital dropped to 50 metres today.
Dense fog was also reported in parts of Bihar.
The visibility dropped at 50 meters in Gaya and at 8:30 am. Haryana’s Karnal and Hissar also reported 50 metres each.
Uttar Pradesh: Cold wave and fog grip Gorakhpur city with train movement also affected
Gorakhpur-New Delhi Express (12555) delayed by 2 hours 30 mins: CPRO Northern Railways pic.twitter.com/AGUrORqbUc
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 20, 2022
“Dense fog is being reported at 0830 hrs IST over Delhi (Palam 50m), Punjab(Amritsar 50m), Haryana(Karnal and Hissar 50m each), UP(Lucknow 50m), northwest MP (Gwalior 50m) Bihar (Patna and Gaya 50m), Sub Himalayan West Bengal (Cooch Behar 50m) and Assam (Dhubri 50m),” IMD said in a tweet.
