The India Meteorological Department, IMD, has issued an orange warning for dense to very dense fog conditions in Bihar, East Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for the next two to three days. Similar conditions are likely to prevail over Punjab, Chandigarh and Haryana. According to IMD, dense fog conditions are expected over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and North East States till Friday.

The Met Department has predicted cold wave conditions over Chhattisgarh, East Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jharkhand and Punjab till the 8th of this month. The weather agency has said that cold day conditions are expected over Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Sikkim during the next two days. Talking exclusively to Akashvani News, IMD senior scientist, Dr R K Jenamani, said that the fog conditions have improved over Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana and Delhi. He added that both Palam and Safdarganj Airports reported very good visibility.

However, several trains experienced disruptions due to dense fog conditions in the National Capital and NCR region today. The Delhi Division of Indian Railways said that the movement of several Delhi-bound trains was also affected today. It said that around 5 trains were delayed by more than 3 hours. Meanwhile, the air quality in Delhi-NCR has been registered in the poor category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the average Air Quality Index of the National Capital was recorded at 240 as of 8 PM today.