Cold wave continues to grip Delhi; flights, trains delayed
The National Capital woke up to another chilling morning on Sunday as the temperature was recorded in single digit, causing inconvenience to passengers as several flights and trains were delayed.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), visibility at Delhi-palam was reduced from 400 metres at 2am to 100 metres at 2:30am on Sunday, and it further reduced to 0 metres since 3am.
The minimum temperature in Delhi on Sunday morning was recorded to be 8.5 degree celsius, as per IMD. In another post on X, the IMD said: “Fog layer is very clearly visible over the plains of north India from Punjab to Bihar across Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, northwest Rajasthan, and north Madhya Pradesh at 6:30am today.”
“Dense to Very Dense Fog observed in isolated pockets over Delhi, North Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, West
Madhya Pradesh,” the weather department added. Nearly a dozen passenger trains to the national capital were also running behind schedule.
As per the northern railways, around 11 trains like the Amritsar-nanded Express, Puri-new Delhi Purushottam Express, Ambedkarnagar-katra, and Manikpur-nizamuddin Express, among others, were delayed due to dense fog conditions.
At Delhi airport, people were seen waiting for their flights that were late by several hours. Some of the flights were also announced as cancelled, causing inconvenience to the passengers. “My flight was delayed because of fog. It was supposed to land here at 4:45am, but it landed at around 5:35am,” said Neha Beniwal, a passenger who came from Bahrain.