Dense fog Over Bhubaneswar Visibility -100 Mtr

Bureau,Odishabarta

BHUBANESWAR: A dense fog engulfed the Twin city of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack  in midnight extending to Tuesday morning with the visibility dropping to dangerously low level in the cities. The thick blanket of fog disrupted traffic and vehicular movement on the roads and the national highway with visibility reducing to below 50 metre.

Odisha IMD said dense fog also occurred at one or two places in Jagatsinghpur, Khurda and Angul districts while isolated places in Cuttack, Puri, Mayurbhanj and Malkangiri districts witnessed shallow to moderate fog during the period. “Very dense fog covered Angul on Sunday and reduced the morning visibility to 20 metre. The visibility in Paradip was recorded at 50 metre,” said Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Scientist Umasankar Das.

Similarly, dense fog was experienced in places like Sonepur, Phulbani, Koraput, Khurda (all 50 metre visibility level), Cuttack (80 metre), Angul (100 metre), and Kendrapada (150 metre), the MeT Centre said.

Moderate fog was experienced in Nabarangpur, Jagatsinghpur, Bhawanipatna and Paradip where visibility level ranged between 200 and 400 metres.

Places like Titlagarh, Rourkela, Keonjhar, Bhubaneswar, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, and Hirakud experienced light fog with visibility level ranging from 500 to 800 metres.

Source;IMD