Delhi on Tuesday witnessed this season’s most intense fog between Monday night and Tuesday morning, as parts of the haze spread from Punjab all the way across the Indo-Gangetic plain.
The fog led to visibility dipping to 50 metres at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from 10pm on Monday till 4am Tuesday, delaying around 100 flights. Five other flights were diverted to Jaipur between 11pm and midnight on Monday, officials said.
RK Jenamani, scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), said visibility stayed low at most airports across northern India, with operations impacted at some places between 6pm on Monday to 1pm on Tuesday.
