Tourists dazzled by snowfall in Himachal and Kashmir (Photo- ANI)
Jagran Team, New Delhi. The activity of Western Disturbance has affected the weather in the hilly and plain areas of North India. There has been fresh snowfall in the high passes of Himachal Pradesh, due to which the tourists are excited, while dense fog in the plain areas is becoming a cause of trouble for the people. The Meteorological Department has predicted snowfall in Kashmir on New Year, due to which tourist places are expected to be buzzing.
Himachal: Snow in Rohtang and Baralacha
Tourists were thrilled to see fresh snowfall in Rohtang, Shinkula and Baralacha passes of Himachal Pradesh. However, the weather cleared in the afternoon. The effect of Western Disturbance was visible only at higher altitude places, while most of the places in lower areas remained cloudy. There was cloud cover in Shimla, Kufri and Manali also.
Fog havoc and school timings changed
Visibility remained very low in Bilaspur and Mandi districts in the morning due to dense fog. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert of dense fog in the lower and plain areas of Himachal for December 27, 28 and 29. Timings of schools and Anganwadi centers have been changed due to fog in Una; Now they will operate from 10 am to 3:30 pm.
Kashmir: Snowfall expected on New Year
The weather remained clear throughout the day in Kashmir Valley on Friday, but the cold wave continued. The Meteorological Center has estimated that on New Year, most of the low lying areas of the valley including Srinagar may get the gift of snowfall, which is likely to increase the beauty of tourist places.
Situation in Uttarakhand, Delhi-NCR and other plains
Yellow alert of fog has also been issued for three days in the plains of Uttarakhand. Flights at Dehradun and Pantnagar airports were affected due to fog. Dense fog conditions are expected to persist in the morning in the plains of entire North India including Delhi-NCR, UP, Punjab, Haryana and Bihar.
Delhi's air quality in 'very poor' category, AQI falls to 332
After two days of brief respite, the national capital's air quality once again touched 332 in the 'very poor' category, with several monitoring stations recording 'severe' pollution levels. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, Delhi's 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 332 at 4 pm on Friday, taking it to the very poor category, compared to 234 on Thursday and 271 at the same time a day earlier. Was done.
Of the total 38 operational air quality monitoring stations in the city, eight stations recorded severe air quality with AQI readings above 400. These included Anand Vihar, Bawna, DTU, Jahangirpuri, Narela, Nehru Nagar, Rohini and Vivek Vihar. According to CPCB's Sameer App data, 20 stations were in the 'very poor' category, while nine stations recorded poor air quality.