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| Dense fog, cold conditions in North India; train services and vehicular movement disrupted | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, Jan 2: A thin layer of ice has formed over the Dal Lake in Srinagar as cold weather conditions coupled with dense fog gripped North India on Tuesday, disrupting train services and vehicular movement.
Residents of the national capital experienced a windy morning on Tuesday. The minimum temperature settled a notch above normal at 8.3 degrees Celsius.
The India Meteorological Department said there was dense to moderate fog in isolated pockets of Delhi.
According to the Indian Railways, 26 Delhi-bound trains were delayed by one to six hours due to fog.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) was in the 'very poor' category with a reading of 346 at 6.30 am, according to Central Pollution Control Board data.
December 2023 was the national capital's warmest in six years, with the city not recording a single 'coldwave day' during the month.
Dense fog blanketed many parts of Rajasthan in the morning, disrupting vehicular traffic.
Visibility was recorded at 50 metre at the Jaipur airport.
Cold conditions prevailed in some parts of the desert state with the minimum settling at 4.5 degrees Celsius in Sikar, 4.8 degrees in Phalodi, 5.2 degrees in Karauli, 5.4 degrees in Jaisalmer, 5.7 degrees in Pilani, 6 degrees in Sirohi and 6.4 degrees in Dholpur, while Jaipur recorded a low of 6.8 degrees Celsius.
Many parts of Punjab and Haryana experience cold weather conditions, with Bathinda reeling at 7 degrees Celsius. Patiala registered a low of 7.8 degrees Celsius.
According to the Met office's weather report, Amritsar recorded a low of 8.3 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana 8 degrees Celsius and Faridkot 8.2 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a low of 9 degrees Celsius.
In Haryana, Hisar recorded a low of 7.2 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature in Karnal was at 8 degrees Celsius.
Met officials said fog was experienced at many places in the two states early on Tuesday.
Dense fog, mostly during the morning, had enveloped the region last week.
Maximum temperatures in the region have also witnessed a sharp drop during the past two days.
The minimum temperature in the Kashmir Valley remained below the freezing point, recording minus 4.8 degrees Celsius on Monday night.
The residents of the lake, who live in houseboats, had a tough time breaking the ice layer while roving their boats towards the banks.
Water supply pipes have frozen in many areas of Kashmir due to extreme cold wave conditions.
Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, down from the previous night's minus 5.7 degrees Celsius. |
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