A dense layer of fog engulfed the area in and around the State Capital’s Railway Station and Airport on Thursday and as many as eight trains got delayed due to low visibility in the South Eastern Railway (SER) region. Moreover, due to bad weather and dense fog flights landing also affected on this morning.
Skies remained mostly cloudy on Wednesday night due to the western disturbance and light showers occurred in the State Capital. Weatherman forecast light showers and foggy weather in the most part of the State.
Senior Public Relation Officer SER, Suhas Lokhare informed that as many as seven trains were late or reached with delay time at the Ranchi Railway Station. “Prominent trains like Maduadih to Ranchi Express reached Ranchi Station more than two hours late, Patna-Haldia Patliputra Express reached Ranchi Station after almost two hours late, Anand Vihar-New Delhi, Sampark Kranti Express reached Ranchi Station almost three and half hour late, New Delhi-Ranchi, Rajdhani Express also became late and reached Ranchi Station almost one hour late, Yashwantpur-Hatia Express reached at Ranchi Station almost one and half hour late and New Delhi-Bhubaneshwar, Rajdhani Express reached Muri Station after more than ten hours late,” he added.
Lokhare further said that dense fog caused low visibility which is biggest reason of the delay of these trains.
At present, passengers are preferring flights over trains due to short duration of journey but due to bad weather and dense fog flights are also reaching with delayed time and by converted routes. Birsa Munda Ranchi Airport Director, Vinod Sharma said that three flights got delayed due to bad weather and low visibility and reached the airport by converted routes. “Kolkata-Ranchi, Air India flight reached the State Capital after one hour late at 7:30 am, Delhi-Ranchi Go Air flight also reached Ranchi one late by converted route via Kolkata and similar incidents occurred with Delhi-Ranchi Indigo flights after one hour late at 9:30 by converted route via Kolkata,” he added.
In a statement, Indi Go Airlines said that owing to dense fog in the North India our flights have been affected in north India. We will continue to review the entire situation and provide real time updates on our social platforms, said the company.
The airline also requested passengers to check flights status before leaving home and contact to its customer care center for better information of flights time.