As Saturday morning dew settled in, thick fog shrouded several parts of northern India, including the capital of Delhi, where visibility standards were zero in some mores. Indonesia weather also affected airlines operation in Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) besides pausing the normal flow of road transportation in the region.
DIAL through the post X informed the passengers on the delays that were caused by fog ages to check with the specific airlines. Currently, IndiGo has suspended its operations citing poor visibility not until it threatened to effect a number of delays once it resumes. Even Air India was affected due to same reason having poor visibility in movements across north India. An official of the Delhi airport further stated that over 400 flights were affected by the dense fogs, which shutdown the IGIA.
Road traffic in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana was seriously affected because drivers found it difficult to drive because of the fog. IMD spoke of 21.2°C maximum temperature in Delhi and 7.0°C minimum temperature in the same location. At the same time, the air quality in Delhi remained ‘very poor’ with AQI of 371 which added more to the problem for the people.
These disruptions stress the difficulties of travelling and to get through the day when conditions are extreme. For instance, IGIA records 1300 flight movement per day, and the thick fog disrupted operation as it was paramount that the airport employ better solutions for managing the weather condition.
However, correctly the inconvenience of the affected passengers was regretted by major airlines such as IndiGo as well as Air India, extreme weather is still prone to causing huge shocks to the transport sector. These are indicators that call for appreciation of the need for mitigation measures capable of responding to the effects of bad weather on the built environment and human life in the cities.
