Delhi welcomes a foggy New Year 2018

Delhiites on Monday witnessed dense fog for the second consecutive day with minimum temperature settling at 5.7 degree Celcius. In this picture, senior citizens enjoy tea at Lodhi garden during early morning on Monday (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

People exercise at Lodhi Gardens in Delhi early in the morning on Monday. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

The maximum temperature recorded was 23.9 degrees Celcius with a humidity of 100 percentage and nil rainfall. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

Former union minister Anand Shrama takes a morning walk at Lodhi Gardens on Monday morning. (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

Over 300 flights were delayed and eight cancelled as dense fog severely hampered visibility at the Indira Gandhi International airport here this morning. Nearly all flights arriving into and departing from Delhi were affected. About 265 domestic flights and 67 international flights were delayed.

On Sunday, over 150 flights were delayed, nearly 50 diverted and an estimated 20 were cancelled as season's 'worst' fog reduced visibility to 50 metres at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

According to MeT department, the national capital will witness dense fog on Tuesday too and it would become moderate the next day.

On Sunday, the minimum temperature settled at 6.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.

Life moved at a snail’s pace in Haryana and Punjab as visibility levels dipped drastically, touching the zero mark at many places due to heavy fog. (Express photo: Praveen Jain)

(Express photo: Praveen Jain)