Delhi fog disrupts 11 international, 5 domestic flights; Centre holds off on stricter pollution measures
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, causing visibility issues. According to the Flight Information Display System at Delhi Airport, a combined total of 11 international flights and 5 domestic flights arriving at or departing from the airport experienced delays on Saturday, ANI reported.
Meanwhile, based on information from the India Meteorological Department, Palam registered a minimum temperature of 14°C, while Safdarjung reported 12.2°C. Also Read: Air Pollution: Delhi's air worsens to ‘severe’, AQI stands at 447; flights delayed due to fog Meanwhile, the central government on Saturday opted to postpone the implementation of more stringent measures to address air pollution in Delhi-NCR, opting instead to evaluate the impact of the existing actions, PTI reported.
The government had issued a directive on Friday, prohibiting non-essential construction activities and the operation of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in the Delhi-NCR region due to the deteriorating air quality. The Environment Ministry said, “A Sub-Committee of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), a statutory body responsible for planning air pollution mitigation measures in Delhi-NCR, reviewed the situation on Saturday." Also Read: Weather Update: North India witnesses dense fog, IMD predicts rainfall in these Southern states It further added that observing that GRAP Stage III curbs were implemented only a day ago, the committee decided to wait and observe the impact of the measures implemented under Stage III before considering more severe actions under Stage IV.
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