Many flights and trains delayed due to dense fog in Delhi on Tuesday
New Delhi:
Dense fog cover this morning disrupted air and rail services in the national capital with at least 13 flights and over 50 trains delayed and many cancelled.
Thousands of people were stranded as 55 trains were delayed and six were cancelled due to thick fog in Delhi, the railway officials said.
The trains cancelled today included the New Delhi-Howrah Poorva Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express, Amritsar-Howrah Mail, Jodhpur-Varanasi Marudhar Express, Delhi Jn-Azamgarh Kaifiat Express and Varanasi-New Delhi Kashi Vishwanath Express.
At Indira Gandhi International Airport, seven international flights and six domestic flights were delayed; two flights were cancelled, news agency ANI reported.
Air India, in a tweet, said:
"The flight services in and out of Delhi has been affected. Flights are holding up in different airports from one to four hours," the airline said.
Thick fog on Tuesday morning led to a sharp dip in temperature that brought chill to the air, an official said. Visibility across the national capital as well as National Capital Region reduced considerably, slowing down the movement of vehicles on streets.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 9.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average.
The humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 100 per cent, said the Met Office, adding that skies will remain partly cloudy throughout the day.
Yesterday, the maximum and minimum temperature were recorded at 24.3 degrees Celsius and 9.3 degrees Celsius respectively.
Thousands of people were stranded as 55 trains were delayed and six were cancelled due to thick fog in Delhi, the railway officials said.
The trains cancelled today included the New Delhi-Howrah Poorva Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express, Amritsar-Howrah Mail, Jodhpur-Varanasi Marudhar Express, Delhi Jn-Azamgarh Kaifiat Express and Varanasi-New Delhi Kashi Vishwanath Express.
At Indira Gandhi International Airport, seven international flights and six domestic flights were delayed; two flights were cancelled, news agency ANI reported.
Air India, in a tweet, said:
#AIUpdate : All flt services affected due to dense fog & poor visibility at #Delhi Apt. Kindly contact on 1800-180-1407 for further updates.
Air India (@airindiain) 3 January 2017
"The flight services in and out of Delhi has been affected. Flights are holding up in different airports from one to four hours," the airline said.
Thick fog on Tuesday morning led to a sharp dip in temperature that brought chill to the air, an official said. Visibility across the national capital as well as National Capital Region reduced considerably, slowing down the movement of vehicles on streets.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 9.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average.
The humidity level recorded at 8.30 am was 100 per cent, said the Met Office, adding that skies will remain partly cloudy throughout the day.
Yesterday, the maximum and minimum temperature were recorded at 24.3 degrees Celsius and 9.3 degrees Celsius respectively.
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