An official of the Northern Railway said the arrival of 91 trains to the city was delayed, while 24 trains leaving the capital city were rescheduled due to dense fog. There are as many as 91 trains that are running late including Rajdhani coming from Ranchi, Kolkata, Bhubhaneshwar and Guwahati.
Northern Railways has rescheduled departure of 13 trains and cancelled five trains due to adverse weather conditions, the official said. The Met Office said the visibility slumped to 100 metres in the morning.
The minimum temperature of the day was 5 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average.
“There was dense fog in the morning. The day is likely to be clear, but fog may return in the evening,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
The day’s maximum temperature is likely to hover around 16 degrees Celsius.
Humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 91 percent.
Wednesday’s minimum temperature settled at 5 degrees, three notches below the season’s average, while the maximum was 15.9 degrees Celsius, six notches below the season’s average.
“There was a dense fog in the morning, but the day will be mainly clear,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
The day’s maximum temperature is likely to hover around 16 degrees Celsius.
Wednesday’s minimum temperature settled at 5 degrees, three notches below the season’s average, while the maximum was 15.9 degrees Celsius, six notches below the season’s average.
As many as eight flights were delayed today as fog continued to hamper operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.
However, no flight was cancelled during this period, airport authorities said.
The low-visibility procedures (LVP) was enforced at 20:05 hours yesterday and was terminated at 12:00 hours today, they said.