Weather Update: Fog turns deadly; more than 30 vehicles collide in Uttar Pradesh, the situation is also bad in Rajasthan; several flights are delayed.

Several people lost their lives in separate accidents across North India due to dense fog. Six people died in Uttar Pradesh alone, while a couple in Punjab lost their lives when their car fell from a bridge. Multiple vehicles were involved in collisions.

In Uttar Pradesh alone, more than 30 vehicles collided, resulting in several injuries. Flights and trains were also affected by the fog. On the Bundelkhand Expressway near Icholi in Hamirpur, a sleeper bus collided with a Bolero SUV around 9 am on Sunday. Four people, including two brothers traveling in the Bolero, died in the accident. The two brothers were on their way from Mahoba to Prayagraj to immerse their mother's ashes.

Accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

On the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, near Shadi Pur village in the Behta Mujawar area, close to the under-construction interchange of the Ganga Expressway, 10 vehicles collided in a chain reaction. The bus driver and a motorcyclist died in the accident. A five-kilometer-long traffic jam ensued after the incident. Traffic resumed after three hours of effort. Separately, 11 vehicles collided at different locations on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

Multiple vehicles collide on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.

Due to fog, 10 vehicles collided on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE). No casualties were reported in these accidents. Meanwhile, in Moga, a teacher couple, Jaskaran Singh and his wife Kamaljit Kaur, died when their car fell from a bridge near Sangatpura village on Sunday morning.

In Rajasthan, a head-on collision between two vehicles occurred in Didwali village of Bharatpur district due to dense fog. Three people traveling in the two vehicles were injured in the accident. In Chittorgarh district, a trailer and a pickup truck collided due to fog, injuring the pickup truck driver. Dausa district was also affected by the fog. Fog affects IGI Airport, 85 percent of departing flights are delayed

Air traffic at the country's largest airport was severely affected on Sunday due to fog. 85 percent of departing flights and one-third of arriving flights at IGI Airport were delayed. The average delay for departing flights was about half an hour, while for arriving flights it was five minutes.

The Meteorological Department had predicted moderate to dense fog on Sunday morning, following which aircraft operations at the airport were conducted under Low Visibility Procedures. Minimum visibility was recorded at 350-400 meters, which improved slightly later.

The fog had the greatest impact between 5 am and 10 am, when Low Visibility Procedures were fully in effect. Non-CAT III (aircraft landing and take-off technology) flights had to exercise greater caution, while flights of major airlines like IndiGo and Air India, equipped with CAT III facilities, continued to land and take off without interruption. Airport authorities said that no flights were cancelled or diverted and operations remained normal.