Photos: Dense fog engulfs Northwest India; Delhi also struggles with poor AQI

Dense to very dense fog conditions were seen over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and some parts of Uttar Pradesh over the last two days. It resulted in very poor visibility triggering several accidents in Uttar Pradesh and the Delhi NCR area. Experts believe that due to the presence of moisture and light winds at lower tropospheric levels over the Indo-Gangetic plains, dense to very dense fog is likely in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh for the next two days as well. In Delhi, the air quality remained in the poor category and is expected to deteriorate further. ...read more

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Published on Dec 21, 2022 04:15 PM IST

Tourists at the Taj Mahal on a foggy, winter day, in Agra on December 19. Typically, northwest India sees 2-3 moderate to strong western disturbances in November and 2-3 in December. This year it saw none since November 10, a situation that hasn’t changed thus far in December, HT reported.(ANI )

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People huddle around a bonfire on a cold winter morning near Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, December 19. According to IMD, no significant change is expected in minimum temperatures over northwest India in the next two days, though it is likely to fall by 2 degrees Celsius thereafter, HT reported.(Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 21, 2022 04:15 PM IST

A view of a damaged bus after it collided with a vehicle due to poor visibility on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida on December 20. Cold wave conditions and dense fog over North West India have caused several accidents in the past two days due to poor visibility on the roads. The India Metoerological Department (IMD) issued an advisory on December 21 saying such conditions are likely to prevail over the Indo-Gangetic plains at least for the next two days, HT reported.(Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)

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Vendors carrying vegetables in a pickup truck commute through dense fog on a cold winter morning, in Amritsar on December 19. Dense to very dense fog conditions were seen over most parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and some parts of Uttar Pradesh.(ANI )

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Workers repair a railway track as a train approaches amid low visibility in Amritsar, on December 20. Several trains in Delhi were reported to be running late by a few hours on December 21 due to poor visibility induced by fog. Flight operations remained unaffected, HT reported.(PTI )

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A man seen at a field engulfed in dense fog in the early morning hours at Sector 25A, Noida on December 19. According to the IMD on December 21, due to north-north westerly winds from Himalayas, cold wave conditions are likely to continue in isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and north Rajasthan for the next five days. Severe cold wave conditions are likely over Punjab on December 22 and 25, HT reported.(Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)

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The metro is sighted in dense fog, near Akshardham Temple, in New Delhi, on December 19. On the pollution front, Delhi’s air quality was in the very poor category on December 21 morning. Data from the central pollution control board showed that the hourly air quality index (AQI) at 7am stood at 331, HT reported.(Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Birds seen perched on an electric pole on a cold smoggy morning in New Delhi, on December 20. “We are seeing a build-up of fog and smog because pollutants are also sticking to the cold, humid air. Though there is no major drop in temperatures, the smog layer is obscuring sunshine,” Mahesh Palawat, vice president, climate change and meteorology at Skymet Weather, told HT.(Manish Swarup / AP)