The foggy weather disrupted train operations on Saturday in the northern region causing cancellation of 45 trains and delaying 16 Delhi-bound trains. Though no flights were delayed on Saturday.
More than 20 trains were cancelled and around 60 Delhi-bound trains, including the Rajdhani Express were running late on Friday owing to dense foggy conditions in the national Capital. While Vaishali Express, Shane-e-Punjab, UP Sampark Kranti Express, Swatantra Senani Express, Malwa Express were among 45 trains that remained cancelled, departure of NorthEast Express, Simanchal Express and Mahananda Express were rescheduled by Northern Railway due the fog.
According to Northern Railway spokesperson, New Delhi-Dehradun-New Delhi Janshatabdi Express train which was earlier cancelled on every Wednesday and Sunday from January 8 to February 28 during foggy season, has now been restored to run as per its original schedule and will not be considered cancelled as announced earlier.
Owing to fog, 16 trains were running late by several hours including Poorva Express for seven hours, Gomti by five hours, Garib Rath by four hours and Vikramshila Express was behind the schedule for three hours.
The minimum temperature at 10.2 degrees Celsius was three notches above the season’s average while the maximum is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius. Visibility was at 200 metres at 8.30 AM. “The sky will remain mainly clear. Morning hours saw isolated pockets of dense fog,” a weather official said. Humidity at 8.30 AM was 95 per cent.
The MeT office predicted mainly clear skies for Sunday. “The skies will be mainly clear. Moderate to dense fog may occur in the morning. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover at 21 degrees Celsius and 8 degrees Celsius, respectively,” the official said.