JAIPUR: Fog and mist affected normal life across the state on Friday morning while drizzling in the evening guided the mercury to take a dip.
People in many parts of the state witnessed dense fog which was heaviest of this season so far. The visibility was only up to 20 metres when majority of the places including buildings, flyovers, roads and others were covered under a blanket of fog. Dense fog started since 5.30am and lasted till 10.30 am in almost every part of the state.
At least four early morning domestic flights got delayed from Jaipur while the airport received diversions of four flights according to officers of Airports Authority of India (AAI), Jaipur. “The visibility was very poor and conditions were not conducive for flight operations in the morning due to which four flights got delayed and same number of flights got diverted to Jaipur airport,” said Charan Singh, director, AAI, Jaipur.
Due to poor visibility, traffic on the highways connecting Jaipur to Agra, Jaipur to Delhi and Jaipur to Ajmer was chaotic. Also,within Jaipur, the visibility was very poor due to which traffic on the city roads was almost negligible. Meanwhile, parts in the state recorded rainfall. Drizzling also started in Jaipur at 9.30pm and it was by and large scattered. Hailstorm was witnessed in some parts of Churu, Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh districts in the evening.
