A thick blanket of fog on Monday continued to disrupt normal life in Delhi as air, rail, and road traffic remained adversely affected with temperatures plummeting to below normal limits in the entire region.
Dense fog badly hit train and flight operations. At least 36 flights were delayed, while 70 north-bound trains running behind schedule for several hours, causing inconvenience to passengers.
The minimum temperature plunged to 4.2 degrees Celsius in the national capital, the coldest December 22 in the last five years and also the lowest this season, even as a thick blanket of fog disrupted normal life in the city and hit flight and train operations.
According to the MeT department, the minimum temperature of 4.2 degrees Celsius was four notches below normal. on Sunday, the morning temperature had settled two points below the season's average at 6.4 degrees Celsius.
Dense fog enveloped the national capital this morning with visibility dropping to zero in the early hours. However, visibility improved to 150 metres by 9 am.
The Rajdhani trains coming from Bhubaneswar, Sealdah and Ranchi were running late by about three to four hours, service of other Delhi-bound trains are also being severely affected due to adverse weather, said a senior Northern Railway official.
Magadh Express is running 18 hours late while Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express is behind schedule by 18 hours.
Northeast Express and Mahananda Express are running 12 hours late.
"We have made arrangements for informing passengers about the train position on regular basis besides setting up helplines for public," said the official, adding "departures of affected trains have been rescheduled." Train drivers have been instructed to drive at a slow speed during the foggy condition.
In Kanpur, harsh weather conditions adversely affected commuters as several trains got delayed.
A day ago, parts of Uttar Pradesh with mercury dipping to sub-zero levels and snuffing out eight lives while dense fog threw transport systems out of gear in most areas.
While six persons were killed and 34 others injured when a truck fell into a canal in Kadura area amidst dense fog.
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