Fog impacts air, train traffic: 13 flights, 74 trains cancelled

NEW DELHI: Tuesday was yet another day of dense fog observed in many parts of north and east India. The national capital Delhi as usual woke up to foggy conditions, with the Palam airport experiencing nil visibility. Other places in the capital like Dwarka, Faridabad, Laxminagar and Indirapuram observed dense fog with visibility recording close to 100 meters. The conditions at Noida expressway and Model Town in north Delhi was a shade better with shallow fog being reported.

Meanwhile, Amritsar in Punjab also witnessed very dense fog with visibility dropping to nil. Punjab is a pocket where fog makes a regular occurrence. At the start of the winter season in November, Punjab was the first place to experience fog.

Moving on to east India, Patna observed very dense fog as visibility dropped to 100 meters. The situation in the Capital of Uttar Pradesh was similar with very dense fog pulling down the visibility to 100 meters. The situation in Gaya was a little better with dense fog being observed and visibility recording 200 meters. Other places in the region to have reported foggy conditions are Gorakhpur, Allahabad, Varanasi and Agra. Gorakhpur has been the worst hit pocket in the region due to fog.

Meanwhile, thirteen flights were reported to be cancelled and over 80 were delayed in Delhi out of which 21 were to depart from the Palam airport.

Rail traffic was also hit hard with several trains running late. 74 trains had to be cancelled due to fog and at least 176 trains were delayed.

Following trains were affected due to fog:

Amritsar Janshatabdi express (running late by 15 hrs)
Vaishali Superfast Express (running late by 5 hrs)
Magadh express (running late by 4 hrs)
New Delhi Dibrugarh Rajdhani (running late by 6 hrs)
Kolkata Rajdhani (running late by 21 hrs)
Seealdah Rajdhani (running late by 21 hrs)
Poorva express (running late by 16 hrs)

Cold wave causes havoc in north India, 16 dead

Severe cold wave continued to wreak havoc across north India claiming 16 more lives in Uttar Pradesh alone, taking the death toll to 140.

Most casualties were owing to cold-related deaths and accidents due to fog.

(Source: Skymetweather.com)



(Source: enquiry.indianrail.gov.in)

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