New Delhi: Delhi airport is preparing a climate change mitigation plan, expected to be ready by year-end. DIAL CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar said that since the number of erratic weather events increased year on year, they have roped in an international consultant to prepare a plan to help the airport make necessary changes.When asked about how the airport is preparing for changing weather patterns, such as the intense fog period during last winter season and easterly winds blowing for a higher number of days this summer, Jaipuriar said, “We are getting a study done on a climate change mitigation plan because we have seen this kind of erratic weather behaviour increasing on a year-to-year basis.” He added that after the international consultant completes the study within this year, they will come out with the mitigation plan.On Jan 15 this year, very dense fog to dense fog shrouded the city till noon. It was last winter season’s most delayed lifting of dense fog, impacting flight diversions and delays. Between May 2 and June 2, Delhi recorded six major thunderstorms with speeds touching 50-80 kmph, resulting in the diversion of over 75 flights and delays of hundreds of flights.
