Cold wave continues in North India, Meteorological Department issues alert

Entire North India is under the effects of severe cold, fog and cold wave. This condition will continue further.

The Meteorological Department (India Meteorological Department) has warned that the effect of continuous cold and fog in North India will continue for 2 days. The effect of falling temperatures will be seen in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. IMD has alerted people in the weather bulletin issued on Tuesday.

The Meteorological Department has said in its released report that there will be no respite from the cold in Delhi and North India. Although there is a possibility of temperature increasing by 1 degree Celsius, there is no possibility of getting relief from fog. The effect of increasing cold in Haryana and Punjab will also be seen in Delhi and North India. In the bulletin issued by the Meteorological Department, the effect of cold will be seen for 2 consecutive days. Meteorologist Soma Sena said that the effect of cold will still continue. No change will be seen in this.

Meteorologist Soma Sen said that the effect of weather will remain the same. No one is going to get respite from the cold for the next 2 days.

Due to continuous cold, its effect is also visible on traffic. Many trains and flights of the country are running late. Due to inclement weather, the train is running much behind schedule. About 30 trains from Delhi are running late.

The IMD said 'very dense' fog occurs when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, 'dense' between 51 and 200 metres, 'moderate' between 201 and 500 metres, and 'moderate' between 501 and 1,000 metres. There is 'shallow' fog.

The airport department said that due to fog, about 30 flights are being affected. 17 flights have been cancelled from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Due to fog, its effect is also being seen at Jammu Airport.

Meanwhile, severe cold wave conditions continued in many parts of Punjab, eastern Madhya Pradesh, north-western Rajasthan and isolated areas of western Uttar Pradesh.

In Punjab's SBS Nagar, Ballowal Saunkhari recorded a minimum temperature of 0.4 degrees Celsius. In Haryana, Mahendragarh recorded a minimum temperature of 0.7 degrees Celsius, Hisar recorded a minimum temperature of 1.1 degrees Celsius and Panchkula recorded a minimum temperature of 1.8 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.3 degrees Celsius in Ganganagar, Rajasthan. On January 16, the lowest minimum temperature of 1 degree Celsius was recorded in Ludhiana (Punjab) in the plains of the country.

According to the India Meteorological Department, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh recorded 0 meter visibility at 5:30 am today, while state capital Lucknow recorded 25 meter visibility. Visibility was recorded at 50 meters in Gwalior, West Madhya Pradesh.