Foggy, cold morning in Delhi on Sunday; 15 trains delayed
nNEW DELHI:IT was a cold and foggy morning in the national capital on Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at six degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, while the air quality was in the ‘moderate’ category.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the sky will remain clear during the day with expectation of wind blowing on an average speed of 15 to 20 kmph and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 20 degrees Celsius.
“There was shallow/moderate fog in the morning on Sunday. There would be mainly clear sky with expectation of wind blowing at a speed of 15 to 20 kmph during the day,” the MET office said. The visibility at 8.30 a.m. was 800 metre and the humidity was recorded 100 per cent, 19 notches above the average.
The air quality index was recorded moderate with PM 2.5 pollutants level at 87 and PM 10 pollutants level at 165. Deterioration of the air quality to the lower end of the ‘poor’ category is forecast for Monday, the SAFAR said.
Saturday’s maximum temperature settled at 19.7 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded 5.7 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average.
15 DELHI-BOUND TRAINS DELAYED DUE TO FOG
NEWDELHI:AT least 15 Delhi-bound trains were delayed due to fog in several parts of Northern India, railway officials said on Sunday.
A senior Northern Railway official said that the Vasco Da Gama-h. Nizamuddin Goa Express and the Gaya-new Delhi Mahabodhi Express were running behind schedule by four hours and three hours respectively.
The Puri-new Delhi Purushottam Express, the Ghazipur-anand Vihar Terminal Express and the Howrah-new Delhi Poorva Express were delayed by two hours 30 minutes while the Dibrugarh-delhi Brahmaputra Mail, Azamgarh-delhi Kaifiyat Express and the Raxaul-anand Vihar Terminal Satyagrah Express were delayed by two hours.
The Bhagalpur-anand Vihar Vikramshila Express, Bhagalpur-anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express, Manduadihnew Delhi Superfast Express, Howrah-anand Vihar Yuva Express, Pratapgarh-delhi Padmavat Express and the Muzaffarpur-anand Vihar Sapt Kranti Express were delayed by one hour, the official added.