At 5:30 am, Amritsar and Pathankhot airports in Punjab reported zero visibility.
New Delhi:
Delhiites woke as much as one other smoggy morning with a thick layer of white blanket (smog) engulfing town. The air high quality index (AQI) at 6 am was recorded at 432, falling underneath the “extreme” class”, in line with the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB). Low visibility resulting from heavy smog is more likely to affect flights to and from numerous cities round Delhi. At 5:30 am, Amritsar and Pathankot airports in Punjab reported zero visibility. At 7 within the morning, visibility at Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur airport dropped to zero.
#WATCH | Delhi: A thick layer of smog engulfs the Gazipur because the air high quality deteriorates to ‘Extreme’ class in a number of elements of the nationwide capital, as per Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB).
AQI in Anand Vihar is at 473 pic.twitter.com/QuiRz7LAtv
— ANI (@ANI) November 14, 2024
Earlier within the morning, Indigo posted a journey advisory on social media X (previously Twitter), urging passengers to maintain a tab on their flight standing as some flights may be delayed resulting from “winter fog”.
“This morning, winter fog could affect flights to/from Amritsar, Varanasi & Delhi. Do preserve a tab in your flight standing earlier than heading to the airport. Additionally, please enable extra journey time as street site visitors could transfer slower than typical resulting from low visibility. Thanks to your endurance, and we want you a clean journey,” it wrote.
#6ETravelAdvisory : This morning, winter fog could affect flights to/from #Amritsar, #Varanasi & #Delhi. Do preserve a tab in your flight standing https://t.co/CjwsVzFov0 earlier than heading to the airport. Additionally, please enable extra journey time as street site visitors could transfer slower (1/2)
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) November 13, 2024
A pointy spike in Delhi’s air air pollution was witnessed up to now 24 hours with 30 out of 36 monitoring stations reporting extreme air high quality index.
Chandigarh, 250 km away from Delhi additionally reported a extreme air high quality index of 415
Smog chokes close by Ghaziabad (AQI of 378), Noida (372), and Gurugram (323) with air high quality plummeting to the “very poor” class.
Lengthy-term publicity to “very poor” air high quality can result in respiratory. Whereas, extreme AQI can have an effect on even wholesome folks and critically affect these with current ailments.
Smog chokes Delhi and Chandigarh as Air High quality Index (AQI) hits ‘extreme’ degree at 6:30 am#AQI#DelhiAQI#AirPollution#Chandigarhpic.twitter.com/COTgnH5YmO
— EDNBOX (@ndtv) November 14, 2024
Owing to stronger winds, the pollutant focus and thereby the AQI, is anticipated to begin exhibiting a declining development from at the moment onwards and the AQI is more likely to transfer again to the “very poor” class, famous a report filed by the India Meteorological Division and IITM.
On Wednesday, the AQI turned “extreme” for the primary time this season. The Fee for Air High quality Administration described “unprecedented extraordinarily dense fog” as an “episodic occasion”.
It was determined to maintain an in depth watch on the scenario, earlier than invoking the stringent measures underneath Stage-III of GRAP.