No break from the fog for the northern states, five people lost their lives in car crashes

For the third day in a row, a thick layer of fog covered the northern plains on Thursday, drastically decreasing visibility and interfering with rail and aviation operations. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasted that Delhi, Haryana, and Chandigarh would not get any notable respite until December 31.

Officials from the state meteorological department said that five persons lost their lives in various incidents in Uttar Pradesh as a result of the fog, which in some places reduced visibility to less than thirty meters.

According to IMD, there has been “dense to very dense” fog in several areas of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. The region’s morning temperatures have slightly increased.

The IMD said in a bulletin that there was “dense to very dense fog (0-25 meters) in some pockets of Uttar Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Southwest Rajasthan, and North Madhya Pradesh.”

It said, “Patiala, Ambala, Chandigarh Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Palam, Bareilly, Lucknow, Varanasi, and Gwalior recorded less than 30 meters of visibility.”

The meteorological agency said that while “dense” fog is expected to linger over the area for the next three days, a western disturbance is expected to deliver mild to moderate rainfall to the plains and snowfall to the mountainous parts.

A number of accidents were also brought on by the dense fog, which also hampered rail and aviation services.

The low visibility at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport impacted at least 134 domestic and international planes, both arriving and departing. Similarly, at the New Delhi Railway Station, there were up to 22 delayed trains. More than an hour was lost on trains like the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani and Jammu-Tawi Rajdhani. Images from the station showed a number of people waiting in the bitter weather.

Officials report that around 8.30 am on Thursday, Chandigarh saw the first “dense fog” of the season, with visibility only reaching 25 meters. In Ambala and Karnal, Haryana, there were 25 and 50 meters of visibility, respectively. In Bathinda, there was reportedly no visibility.

On Thursday morning, there was also an approximate one-hour delay on the Chandigarh-Delhi Shatabdi Express. According to Chandigarh airport authorities, one aircraft was canceled and nine others were delayed in the morning.

Three fatalities occurred in Uttar Pradesh as a result of limited visibility incidents in Lucknow and Unnao.

Early on Thursday morning, a car in Lucknow crashed into a canal, killing one person inside. In another incident, two trucks crashed on Mohan Road close to the Shivri crossroads inside the boundaries of the Kakori police station, injuring five individuals.

The Sehramau police station’s station house officer (SHO), Kamal Dubey, said that two persons were murdered in the Unnao area on Wednesday night after their motorbike crashed into a stalled vehicle. Vivekanand (21) and Govind Pathak (31), who both passed away, were recognized.

It seems that the heavy fog prevented the dead from seeing the vehicle. Vivekanand passed away from his injuries at a hospital many hours after Pathak did, according to Dubey.

On Wednesday night, a truck in the vicinity of the Miranpur Police station in Muzaffarnagar drove over two individuals, resulting in their deaths. SHO “Naveen, 25, and his friend Vineet, 24, were traveling on a motorcycle when a truck hit their bike and ran over the duo, killing them on the spot,” said Ravindra Singh Yadav.

Dinesh Yadav, an Unnao police constable, was hurt early on Thursday when his car struck a truck within the boundaries of the Purva police station. According to authorities, he is receiving treatment at a hospital.

In recommendations released by the Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation, it is requested that drivers not operate buses when visibility is poor.

Due to poor visibility, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was forced to postpone his travel to Ayodhya on Thursday, according to Mrityunjay Kumar, the press secretary in his office.

The minimum temperatures in Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana increased and remained slightly above average.

The lowest temperature in Delhi was 8.4 degrees Celsius, which is one degree warmer than the season’s average. According to the IMD, the city’s air quality was rated as “very poor.”

Ludhiana, Punjab, reported a low temperature of 10.3 degrees Celsius, five degrees above average. With a low temperature of 9 degrees Celsius, Patiala was three degrees above average. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Amritsar was 8.9 degrees Celsius, which is six degrees above average.

Three degrees Celsius over average was the lowest temperature ever recorded in Ambala, Haryana, at 9.4 degrees Celsius.