Fog Alert: North India Braces for 5 More Days of Dense Fog, Travel Chaos & Cold Wave

• Dense fog and cold winds grip North India, including Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, severely reducing visibility to as low as 5 meters.
• The widespread fog is causing major disruptions to road, rail, and air transport across affected regions.
• Meteorological Department forecasts the dense fog to persist for the next 5 days, with a cold wave alert for parts of UP, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttarakhand from December 18-22.
• Snowfall is predicted for Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad (Dec 18-23), and parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand (Dec 20-21).
• Delhi's air quality has peaked with an AQI of 415, leading to the implementation of GRAP Stage-IV measures.

Why It Matters: Dense fog and cold conditions to persist across North India for 5 days, disrupting travel and worsening Delhi's air quality.