Weather Update / Cold day in Delhi on Makar Sankranti; Know when you will get relief

Weather Update: Winter has wreaked havoc in entire North India including Delhi NCR. The minimum temperature in Delhi remained below 4 degrees Celsius on Monday for the 8th consecutive day. The maximum temperature has been recorded between 15 to 16 degrees. At the same time, the entire Delhi NCR remained in the grip of dense fog for the third consecutive day. Due to this, visibility remained zero in the morning. However, as the weather improved as the day progressed, visibility gradually increased. On the other hand, there was dense fog in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh also.

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It was fortunate that the temperature in these states increased by one degree. According to the Meteorological Department, the temperature will start increasing in Delhi NCR from Tuesday. The minimum temperature is expected to be up to 6 degrees on Tuesday, while on Wednesday the minimum temperature may go above 7 degrees Celsius. Actually today the Sun has entered Capricorn. Because of this, the rays of the Uttarayan Sun will make you feel warm. According to Skymet Weather.com, a website that monitors weather activities, there has been light to moderate rain in the southern islands of Andaman and Nicobar on Sunday.

Cold day in many areas

At the same time, apart from Delhi NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, cold wave continued with cold day in a large part of Rajasthan. In this too, the situation remained very serious especially in North Punjab and Bihar and in many places in Uttar Pradesh. Similarly, there was cold day in many places in Haryana and Punjab also. According to this website, there may be some rain in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday also. The rest of the country will remain dry. According to the report, apart from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi NCR, severe cold wave may occur in Rajasthan today.

194 Blow affected

Due to dense fog, operation of 22 trains was delayed on Sunday. At the same time, 194 flights were also adversely affected. In view of the situation, the Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for the next two days. According to the Meteorological Department, for the first time this season there was dense fog for such a long time. On the other hand, air quality has also been affected due to fog. Due to poor air quality, GRAP-III (Graded Response Action Plan) has been implemented in Delhi-NCR.

Delhi Grape-3 implemented

After this, unnecessary construction and demolition works have been banned here. Similarly, ban on BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel vehicles will also be applicable in Delhi. According to the report, the average air quality index i.e. AQI in Delhi was 407 on Monday. At the same time, 408 cases have been recorded in Dwarka, ITO 409, Mandir Marg 423, RK Puram 463, Punjabi Bagh 433, IGI Airport 416, Nehru Nagar 473 and 448 in Patparganj.