Season's first dense fog hits rail, road traffic in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): The season's first dense fog blanketed Delhi on Monday morning, lowering visibility to 150 metres and affecting road and rail traffic movement.
Around 20 trains have been delayed by 15 minute to 2 hours, an official said.
"Fog affecting train movement today. We have taken precautionary measures. Speed restrictions are put in place in such conditions. Safety is our priority. Passengers are informed about schedules through announcements and other means," a northern railway spokesperson said.
However, an airport official said flight operations were not affected as Low Visibility Procedures (LVP) were in place for around four hours starting at midnight.
Satellite images showed a thick layer of fog extending from Punjab to east Uttar Pradesh across Haryana and Delhi, the India Meteorological Department said.
Visibility dropped to 150-200 metres at the Palam Airport between 3:30 am and 6 am and improved to 350 metres by 7 am, an IMD official said.
The Met office reported visibility levels of 25 to 50 metres in Amritsar, Patiala, Bareilly, Lucknow and Bahraich early morning.
The IMD has predicted dense to very dense fog over the plains in northwest India during the next five days.
According to the IMD, very dense fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, 51 and 200 is dense, 201 and 500 moderate, and 501 and 1,000 shallow.
The Safdarjung Observatory, the primary weather station of the capital, recorded a minimum temperature of 7.2 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 24 degrees Celsius.
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Karnataka Lokayukta officials nab two government officers for accepting bribes
Bengaluru, Dec 19: A revenue inspector was allegedly caught red-handed on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh for entering the names of legal heirs in the RTC column, officials said.
The action followed a trap laid by Lokayukta police officials in Mulki taluk of Mangaluru.
According to the officials, the complainant alleged that the Revenue Inspector of Mulki had demanded Rs 4 lakh to make the necessary entries in the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC) column.
"The accused government officer was apprehended, and the bribe amount was recovered. An investigation is in progress," an official stated.
In a separate incident, Lokayukta police in Bidar laid a similar trap based on a complaint alleging that a government land surveyor at the Assistant Director of Land Records and Survey (ADLR) office had demanded Rs 1.5 lakh to survey a piece of land and issue Form 10 in Wadgaon (D) village of Aurad taluk, Bidar district.
The accused officer was caught accepting a Rs 75,000 bribe, officials said.
"The officer was apprehended, and the bribe amount was recovered. Further investigation is underway," they added.
