On Wednesday, air quality in Delhi remained ‘severe’ with dense fog covering a major part of the city. It also affected Noida and some parts of north India.
The Delhi Traffic police confirmed that PM 2.5 & PM 10 level remained above normal standards in several areas.
According to an ANI report, the Air Quality Index (AQI) remained 401 in Anand Vihar, 333 in RK Puram and 373 in Shadipur.
Dense fog cover shrouds Delhi, NCR (early morning visuals) pic.twitter.com/9LIkFOXiTy
— ANI (@ANI_news) November 30, 2016
The foggy weather has also affected movement of traffic which has slowed down, majorly affecting the Delhi-Noida and Delhi-Gurgaon expressways. It has also led to the delay of some flights to and from the city, reports NDTV.
Here’s a video:
Dense #fog wrapped Delhi NCR. The first of the season. @htTweets @htdelhi pic.twitter.com/PcBC8kskfY
— Burhaan Kinu (@burhaankinu) November 30, 2016
Here’s how people reacted on Twitter
Winter is here #Delhi #Fog pic.twitter.com/bJiLLI5dbv
— Abhinav (@hbk_abhi) November 30, 2016
Onset of winter in Delhi sees Fog setting in. With Kejriwal running ( ruining better word?) Delhi, it may be”The Winter of Our Discontent”
— P.N.VIJAY (@pnvijay) November 30, 2016
Need a twitter fog filter this morning…to see beyond Delhi fog tweets.
— Amit Paranjape (@aparanjape) November 30, 2016