nRegional Center of India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert in the state and cautioned that medium to dense foggy weather would prevail over entire state on Saturday.
Situation would be slightly better on Sunday but fog would continue to be there and hence it issued yellow alert for the day.
Meanwhile, cold wave tightened grip all over the state and several places recorded season’s lowest temperature. Most of the places in state recorded minimum temperature below 10 degree Celsius. A dense fog enveloped state capital too and several flights during morning hours on Friday were delayed.
Dr Chandra of regional meteorological centre said the sudden inclement weather was due to cyclone in upper Gujarat and a trough was developed in western Madhya Pradesh and Bihar to North- western Bengal.