In Photos: Dense fog engulfs northern India; visibility dips below 100 metres

People braved through a thick layer of fog on Tuesday as dense to extremely dense fog conditions engulfed northern parts of the country, with less than 100 m visibility at 8.30 am in several areas, including Jammu, Patiala, Karnal, while in Delhi's Palam it dipped to zero

Updated On: 2023-01-10 01:00 PM IST

People exercise at an open gym in a park amid low visibility due to a thick layer of fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi. Pic/PTI

"Less than 100 m visibility at 8.30 am in Jammu division's Jammu, U'khand's Pantnagar, Punjab's Patiala, Amritsar and Ludhiana, Haryana's Bhiwani and Karnal, Delhi's Palam, Raj's Ganganagar, UP's Bareilly, Bahraich, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj & Bihar's Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea," as per India Meteorological Department (IMD) (Pic/PTI)

Delhi, which has been grappling with some of the coldest days in its history over the last week, woke up to another cold and foggy day (Pic/AFP)

According to the Metrological department, the visibility in Palam was recorded at 0 metres at 4.30 am while the visibility at Safdarjung is currently at 200 metres (Pic/AFP)

As was forecast, dense to very dense fog was observed over parts of Punjab, Northwest Rajasthan, Jammu division, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tripura (Pic/AFP)

"Dense/Very Dense Fog layer (in white patch) extends from Punjab to Bihar across Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh at 0530 hours IST on 10.01.2023," tweeted the India Meteorological Department (Pic/PTI)

"Visibility (in meter) recorded at 0530 hours IST of 10.01.2023: Bhatinda and Agra - 0 each. Jammu division, Ganganagar, Chandigarh, Ambala, Patiala, Bareilly, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur and Bhagalpur - 25 each. Hissar, Delhi-Palam, Baharaich, Gaya, Purnea and Kailashahar - 50," informed the IMD further (Pic/PTI)

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