Delhi News: Traffic affected on Mathura road as fire breaks out in Modi Mill Flyover

Delhi traffic police has informed that the traffic is affected on Mathura road in the carriageway from Ashram Chowk towards Apollo Hospital. They further said that a major fire that has broken out under Modi Mill Flyover alongside Mathura road has caused the traffic snarl.

“Traffic is affected on Mathura road in the carriageway from Ashram Chowk towards Apollo Hospital as a major fire has broken out under Modi Mill Flyover alongside Mathura road. Kindly avoid the stretch.”, Delhi Traffic Police tweeted.

Cold weather conditions along with fog prevailed across the North India regions on Saturday morning with the national capital recording a minimum temperature of 8.9 degree Celsius in Safdarjung.

Dense fog engulfed the national capital which affected the commuters and traffic during the early hours on Saturday.

Delhi recorded a maximum of 9.6 degrees Celsius at Palam, 8.9 degree in Safdarjung.

Meanwhile, the rehearsals for the January 26th, Republic Day parade were conducted at Kartavya Path as cold wave and fog continued in the national capital.

There will be no significant change in minimum temperatures over north India during the next five days, says IMD.

Several flights were delayed in the North India regions due to fog and harsh weather conditions.

Spicejet airline also issued an advisory to passengers on flight delay caused by fog.

"Due to expected poor visibility in Amritsar(ATQ), Jammu(IXJ), Varanasi(VNS), Gorakhpur(GOP), Patna(PAT), Jaipur(JAI), Shirdi(SAG) and Darbhanga(DBR) all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights may get affected," spicejet airline shared in a post on X.

Fog and inclement weather conditions also impacted several trains running to and from the national capital. 22 trains travelling towards the national capital were delayed on Friday due to fog conditions in the region.

Further, people sat by bonfires in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut city to keep themselves warm as mercury dipped.

As per IMD, the city will experience 'Dense Fog' today with the minimum temperature dropping to 7°C and the maximum temperature being 18°C.

Very dense fog was observed in isolated pockets of Jammu Division, West Rajasthan, Haryana-Chandigarh, East Uttar Pradesh; Dense fog in many parts of Punjab; in isolated pockets of East Madhya Pradesh, East Rajasthan; Moderate fog in isolated pockets of Uttarakhand and Tripura.

As per the IMD, "Dense fog conditions very likely to prevail for a few hours in morning in isolated pockets over East Uttar Pradesh during 06th-09th January; over West Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura during 06th-08th January; over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Odisha on 06th & 07th January."