Jagran correspondent, Agra. The Taj Mahal remained hidden in the first blanket of fog of winter on Sunday morning; tourists could not see the Taj Mahal from the Royal Gate at sunrise. Visibility at Taj Mahal was 20 meters in the morning.
At the same time, for the last few days, there was strong sunlight during the day, due to fog, the sun's intensity also became cool, a drop in the maximum temperature was recorded. People remained troubled due to freezing cold at night. The weather department has predicted that there may be dense fog on Monday morning.
Visibility remained zero in Kheria Air Force area due to dense fog in the morning. Due to the visibility reaching 20 meters on the highway, expressway as well as the Taj Mahal in the morning, the main dome of the Taj Mahal was not visible from the Royal Gate at the time of sunrise, the fog started clearing after eight o'clock. Taj Mahal was not visible from Mehtab Bagh till 8.30 in the morning.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 9.4 degrees Celsius. After nine o'clock the sun started getting brighter, but after some time it became cloudy. The temperature was recorded at 25 degrees Celsius on Saturday afternoon. A drop of more than one degree Celsius was recorded. The maximum temperature was recorded at 23.6 degrees Celsius. Cold wind started blowing in the evening, as melting increased at night, the temperature dropped. Maximum and minimum temperature of last five days in degrees Celsius
10 December, 25.5, 9.411 December, 26.9, 9.912 December, 25.4, 10.413 December, 25.0, 10.514 December, 23.6, 9.4 AQI crosses 200, Sanjay Place most polluted
Due to fog and cold wind, pollutants have started increasing on the lower surface. The air quality index AQI was recorded at 216 at 9 pm. Sanjay Place was the most polluted. The AQI here was recorded at 264. In this also the level of ultra fine particles, carbon monoxide and ozone was high.
Dr. GV Singh of the Respiratory Medicine Department of SN Medical College said that patients suffering from respiratory diseases have started having trouble breathing. Asthma attack patients are also increasing, along with taking inhalers, elderly people, patients suffering from diabetes, heart and respiratory diseases should not go for a walk in the morning and night. You can get treatment here
The superspeciality wing of SN Medical College has separate wards for heart patients and brain stroke patients, patients can get treatment here. The superspeciality wing for heart attack patients has facilities for angiography and angioplasty. The Department of Respiratory Medicine has ICU and ward for serious patients of asthma attack, COPD and TB. There is a new ICU of 32 beds in medicine and a new ICU of 22 beds in the anesthesia department, there is a six-bed ICU in the district hospital. Keep these precautions.