: Delhiites woke up to a foggy and chilly morning on Saturday. The maximum temperature was 17.7 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal. The minimum was 4.6 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal and the second-lowest temperature recorded this season.
Visibility at Indira Gandhi International Airport started dipping at 10.52 pm on Friday and near zero visibility conditions prevailed between 6 am and 9.30 am, but flights were more or less unaffected.
“It was only runway 29 that witnessed dense fog on Saturday. Runway 28 remained almost unaffected. The fog situation will slowly improve in the coming days,” said Dr. R.K. Jenamani, Director-in-Chage, IGIA MeT unit.
The MeT department has forecast a mainly clear sky, with moderate to dense fog at many places with very dense fog at isolated places on Sunday. The maximum temperature will be around 18 degrees Celsius.
Though flights movements were not hampered, many trains were affected. As per northern railway, 21 trains were delayed by two to seven hours while 14 trains had to be rescheduled. However, despite fog affecting train schedules, northern railway has decided to completely restore 34 pairs of trains that were earlier announced to remain cancelled or frequency reduced.
