The air quality in Delhi on Friday remained ‘very poor’ according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). The overall Air Quality Index is at 353. Yesterday, it was 318 which is very poor.
AQI today indicates ‘very poor’. Tomorrow AQI is expected to remain in ‘very poor’ as temperature and wind speed are likely to remain almost the same. It is likely to rain on January 22 and 23 with gusty wind leading to wet deposition and strong dispersion resulting in significant improvement of AQI to ‘Poor’.”
The India Meteorological Department said that the capital city witnessed moderate fog today morning with a visibility of 700 metres reported at Palam and 200 metres at Safdarjung.
“As regards Delhi, moderate fog is reported (visibility at SFD 200 m and Palam 700m),” IMD tweeted today.
Delhi is likely to receive light rain till evening, IMD added.
The weather department predicted light rainfall for the national capital and its adjoining areas between January 21 and 23. Around the same time, minimum temperatures are likely to rise by 2-4 degrees Celsius over Northwest India.
With a blanket of dense fog engulfing the national capital on Friday morning leading to poor visibility several Delhi-bound trains were delayed, informed the Northern Railway.
According to the Northern Railway, a total of 21 Delhi-bound trains including Puri New Delhi Purushottam Express, Gaya New Delhi Mahabodhi Express, Saharsa New Delhi Express, Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express, Prayagraj New Delhi Express, Chennai New Delhi Express and Lucknow New Delhi Express are also running late due to fog.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 10 degrees Celsius at 8:30 am today while the maximum is expected to touch 18 degrees Celsius.