Residents of Belagavi and its suburbs have started feeling the intense cold wave as the minimum temperature in the city dropped to 10.4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), for the first time this winter, on Monday, issued a cold wave warning for the next 24 hours over north-interior Karnataka districts after mercury plunged to as low as 5.5 degrees Celsius.
- Impact expected:
- Transport and Aviation:
- May affect some airports, highways and railway routes in the areas of met- sub-division.
- Difficult driving conditions with slower journey times.
- Some road traffic collisions
- Power Sector:
- Chances of Tripping of Power lines in the very dense fog routes
- Human Health:
- Lung related health impacts: Dense fog contains particulate matter and other pollutants and in case exposed it gets lodged in the lungs, clogging them and decreasing their functional capacity which increases episodes of wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath
- Impact on people having asthma bronchitis: Long time exposure to dense fog may cause respiratory problem for people having asthma bronchitis and other lung related health problems.
- Causes Eye Irritation: Dense fog contains pollutions of various types and these Pollutants in the air if exposed may tend to irritate the membranes of the eye causing various infections leading to redness or swelling of the eye.
- Action suggested:
- Transport and Aviation:
- Careful while driving or outing through any transport.
- Use fog lights during driving.
- Be in touch with airlines and Railway and State transport for schedule of your journey.
- Power Sector:
- To keep ready Maintenance Team
- Human Health:
- To avoid outing until unless emergency and to cover the face.
