Dense Fog Blankets Delhi, Visibility Falls Across City
On Saturday morning, dense fog covered large parts of Delhi, making it difficult for school children, commuters, and drivers to navigate the city. Buildings and flyovers were barely visible, and people on the streets warmed themselves around small fires. The air quality index climbed to 384, approaching the ‘severe’ category.
A man wearing a shawl rests on a roadside amid dense fog on a winter morning, at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi. Visibility plunged across parts of Delhi on Saturday morning, with buildings and flyovers fading into a grey blur amid dense fog, as the capital’s AQI edged closer to the ‘severe’ category at 384. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
A man carrying sacks of goods walks by amid dense fog on a winter morning, at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
A car moves through dense fog on a winter morning, at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Commuters brave dense fog on a winter morning, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
Citizens brave dense fog on a winter morning, at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
A woman warms herself around a small fire on a foggy winter morning, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
People warm themselves around a small fire on a foggy winter morning, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore
Workers clean a siderail on NH-24 with a washer gun amid dense fog on a winter morning, at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI/Atul Yadav
People warm themselves near a makeshift fire on a cold winter morning, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
People jog amid dense fog on a winter morning, at Mayur Vihar area, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
Water sprinklers operate under dense fog on a winter morning, in New Delhi. | Photo: PTI
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