North India witnessed dense fog and intense cold wave on Thursday with Srinagar recording a low of minus 7.3 degrees Celsius on Christmas Day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast mild to dense fog in the Delhi-NCR region for December 26.
Meanwhile, Delhi Airport has issued an advisory, stating that no flights have been affected because of fog, much to the relief of flyers. The general visibility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at 7 am was 500 metres.
The visibility dropped to as low as 75 metres on runways and CAT-III operations are currently underway.
Temperatures are expected to dip further from December 27 with the weather getting colder by December 29, news agency PTI reported, quoting leading meteorologists.
