Odisha: Dense Fog Disrupts Traffic In Bhubaneswar, Cuttack; Yellow Warning For Many Districts

Residents of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and the holy town of Puri awoke Friday morning to find their homes shrouded in thick fog, reducing visibility to a few meters and disrupting vehicular movements. The movement of vehicles on the national highways that pass through the region was also hampered.

A thick layer of fog was seen not only in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Puri, but also in many other parts of the state.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) regional center in Bhubaneswar has issued fog warnings for several districts, including Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Cuttack, and Khordha, until January 15.

Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Kandhmal and other districts in the state have received a yellow warning 24 hours from 8.30 am on January 13.

Seven districts – Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Sonepur, Bolangir, Kalahandi and Kandhamal – were put on yellow warning for dense fog till 8.30 am on January 15.

Source:OCN