A number of flights of IndiGo flying out and in of Delhi and Amritsar have been delayed amid the thick smog engulfing the cities on account of worsening air high quality. An IndiGo flight from Punjab to Delhi on Tuesday evening was cancelled, whereas many others have been delayed on Tuesday and Wednesday on account of low visibility.
IndiGo stated in an announcement on X, “Because of unfavourable climate situations, flights to/from Amritsar are presently getting impacted. We perceive the significance of your journey plans and wish to make sure you’re totally knowledgeable.”
Flights between Delhi and Amritsar on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings have been delayed by over two hours on account of very low visibility amid hazardous AQI in each the cities. Flights scheduled for 6am lastly took of after 8am on Wednesday morning.
An IndiGo flight from Delhi’s IGI airport to Amritsar, scheduled to take off at 8pm on Tuesday, was cancelled on account of low visibility. A flight from Amritsar to Delhi scheduled for 11pm was additionally cancelled.
On Wednesday, a flight from Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 to Amritsar Airport, scheduled to take off at 5:45am, was additionally cancelled after being delayed for over two hours on account of low visibility brought on by smog.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar couldn’t attend a convention in Ludhiana, Punjab as his airplane couldn’t land on the Halwara airport right here due to poor visibility on Tuesday.
His plane landed on the Amritsar airport earlier than he headed to Madhya Pradesh to participate in one other occasion. Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sahwney stated the vp’s airplane landed on the Amritsar airport the place he stayed for 40 minutes earlier than cancelling his look on the Ludhiana occasion.
The air high quality index in Punjab and Haryana dropped to the very poor high quality, whereas areas in Delhi witnessed the air high quality slipping into the extreme and unsafe class on Wednesday morning.
Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana after harvesting the paddy crop in October and November is commonly blamed for the rise in air air pollution in Delhi.
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