Delhiites experienced a warm sunny morning with cool breeze on Monday. With the change in weather the city’s temperature topped out at 28.6 degrees Celsius while the Air Quality Index (AQI) 231, falling under the ‘poor’ category.
Delhi-NCR woke up to light rainfall on Tuesday morning, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting that showers will continue throughout the day.
Residents of the national capital woke up to a mild foggy morning on Monday, leading to reduced visibility in several areas of Delhi-NCR.
The dense fog that enveloped Delhi in the early morning on Friday resulted in the delay of several trains and flights as the weather department issued a yellow alert for Saturday.
Launching 'Mission Mausam' to make India a climate-smart nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed the need to work with future requirements in mind, including developing warning systems for natural disasters like earthquakes.
"In this regard, a copy of do's and don'ts issued by the National Disaster Management Authority regarding minimization of heat wave impact, is being forwarded herewith,” read the note issued by the poll panel’s Under Secretary Vibhor Agrawal to chief electoral officers of all states/Union territories.
Delhi witnessed a sudden change in weather as the national capital woke up to light-intensity rainfall on Saturday morning.
Delhi on Friday recorded a minimum temperature of 10.8 degrees Celsius, two notches below the seasonal average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Until last week, the minimum temperature was hovering around 12 degrees, and the maximum temperature was recorded at around 25 to 27 degrees.
Movement of flights and passenger trains to and from the National Capital continued to remain affected on Tuesday due to bad fog and adverse weather conditions.
