India, Oct. 27 -- The civil aviation ministry held the first Fog Preparedness meeting for the upcoming winter season to review preparedness and coordination among stakeholders for the fog season.

The meeting was headed by civil aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha and attended by the director general of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Vir Vikram Yadav, Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) Puneet Kansal, senior officials from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), India Meteorological Department (IMD) along with representatives of Delhi airport and other fog-affected airports and airlines.

The IMD officials stated that the fog season is expected to run from December 15 ...