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Blanket of fog engulfs Amritsar areas

City residents woke up to dense fog for the third day in a row here this morning. Dense fog reappeared on Saturday morning after a gap of over a week. It not only brought down the temperatures, but also revived...
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Commuters drive down a road amid dense fog on the GT Road in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: Vishal Kumar
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City residents woke up to dense fog for the third day in a row here this morning. Dense fog reappeared on Saturday morning after a gap of over a week.

It not only brought down the temperatures, but also revived cold wave conditions, especially at nights. Himani, homemaker and mother to two children who go to kindergarten, said it seemed that the shivering cold was back. A peep out of the window in Rani Ka Bagh locality showed that the entire area was covered in a thick blanket of fog. Parents were unwilling to send their wards to schools in the shivering cold. However, as the day progressed, the sun shone brightly, but its warmth was felt in the afternoon.

The air monitoring system, installed by the PPCB at the Golden Temple, recorded different AQIs like 129, 115 and 106 in the last three days from Saturday to Monday. During the last weekend, the AQI recorded was 169, 212 and 150, respectively, comparatively high in comparison with the past three days.

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Ahead of a religious ceremony around the Golden Temple, an intensive cleaning campaign was carried out causing dust particles to gather in the surrounding atmosphere which was reflected in the high AQI level from January 25 to 27, said Environmental Engineer Sukhdev Singh. He said the variation in the temperatures has nothing to do with fluctuation in pollution level.

Dense fog slowed down the movement of trains, buses and vehicles in the morning. Fog descended in the wee hours and reduced the visibility forcing drivers to switch on the headlights of their vehicles.

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