The India Meteorological Department said in a statement on Tuesday that dense fog is expected to persist over the northwest and some areas of neighboring central India over the next three to four days. The IMD stated in a post on X that “Dense to very dense fog likely to continue over Northwest & parts of adjoining Central India during next 3–4 days.” The minimum temperatures in most of Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, and West Uttar Pradesh are between 6 and 10 degrees, while in most of Rajasthan, East UP, Madhya Pradesh, and some areas of north Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, they are between 11 and 12 degrees. This information is based on data from the IMD.
The IMD on Tuesday morning released satellite images showing a layer of fog spreading over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Delhi-NCR region woke up to dense fog on Tuesday with the temperature as low as 7 degrees.
Visuals from Delhi’s India Gate, Sarai Kale Khan, AIIMS, Safdarjung, and Anand Vihar area showed thick fog hovering over the region with visibility almost zero.
The visibility due to the dense layered fog was so low that tourists faced difficulties in capturing the Taj Mahal from the Royal gate as well as the Lady Diana Bench.
Other parts of North India too experienced winter chills on Tuesday morning, as cities such as Prayagraj, Ghaziabad and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and Moga in Punjab faced cold waves, engulfed in dense fog. The temperature in Prayagraj on Tuesday at 8:30 am was recorded at 12.4 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).