Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its mid-day bulletin on Friday has predicted that dense fog is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, and Jharsuguda during the next 24 hours. The IMD has issued a yellow alert for these districts.
Besides, shallow to moderate fog is very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of coastal Odisha and one or two places over the districts of interior Odisha during the same period.
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Boudh, Rayagada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Bolangir, Bargarh and dry weather is very likely to prevail over the rest districts of Odisha during the next 24 hours.
Given the IMD’s yellow warning for dense fog, the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has issued an advisory to Collectors and SPs of the respective districts asking transport and police officials to take necessary steps for controlled plying of vehicles on highways during dense fog to avoid any road accident.
