A dense fog enveloped the capital city severely affecting visibility and disrupting flight services at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Monday morning.
While Bhubaneswar-Delhi bound Indigo flight which was scheduled to leave the airport here at 9 am on Monday morning could not take off following a severe drop of visibility.
Similarly, an Indigo and Air India flight which started their journey at 6.55 pm and 9 pm on Sunday evening, respectively, returned to the airport around 2.30 am on Sunday night as they could not land at the IGI Airport in Delhi as the dense forest enveloped the airport causing inconvenience to passengers.
Meanwhile, the local Meteorological department here predicted that moderate foggy conditions would prevail over some parts of the State during the next 24 hours, besides rains and thunder showers at one or two places over the districts of north Odisha.