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Today’s maximum temperature in Pune is 24 degree Celsius.
The rain in many cities of Maharashtra for the last two days has changed the weather pattern. The state’s cultural capital Pune has been witnessing a thick shadow of fog since morning. Four flights landing at Pune airport have been diverted towards Mumbai, Hyderabad due to heavy fog. Apart from this, many flights are running late. Due to heavy fog, the traffic on the roads of Pune is also less visible. The traffic department has instructed people to walk with lights on during the day.
These flights were diverted
According to information received from Pune airport, these flights are included in the flights that have been diverted.
- Flight No. 6E-699 – 0415 hrs, Ahmedabad-Pune (Diverted towards Mumbai)
- Flight No. 6E-2343 -0430 hrs, Delhi – Pune (Diverted towards Mumbai)
- Flight No. 6E-201 – 0445 hrs, Chennai – Pune (Diverted towards Hyderabad)
- Flight No. AI 851- Delhi- Pune, (Diverted towards Mumbai)
Due to dense fog, people have been instructed to keep the headlights of vehicles on.
During the last two days, Konkan in Maharashtra and Madhya Maharashtra have received heavy rains. Along with Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad and Palghar are also witnessing dense fog cover since morning. Traffic on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway has also been braked due to fog.
The traffic on the roads in Pune is also very less as compared to normal days.
Onion crop damaged due to unseasonal rain
The onion crop of the early kharif season has suffered heavy losses due to heavy rains in Maharashtra. At this time, onions of the Early Kharif season were being taken out of the fields in many districts including Nashik. No one expected it to rain in December. Bharat Dighole, the founder president of Maharashtra Onion Growers’ Organization, said that the onion which was to be taken out of the fields within eight to ten days, it has suffered a lot due to rain. It will either rot or its quality will become so bad that it will have no value. Farmers are very disappointed to see their finished crop spoiled.
Big loss in these districts
Dighole told that this rain is happening in the entire onion belt of Maharashtra. These include Nashik, Pune, Ahmednagar, Dhule, Satara, Solapur, Osmanabad and Jalgaon etc. Early kharif accounts for about 15 per cent of Maharashtra’s total onion production. First the farmers suffered loss of Rabi season onions and then early Kharif. Rabi season onions stored in June got spoiled due to excessive rainfall in August-September. Now the new crop has also been hit.