Fog in north India halts Rajdhani in its tracks

BHUBANESWAR: The Railways has cancelled Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express scheduled to leave Bhubaneswar on Saturday and New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express scheduled to leave New Delhi on Sunday in view of the severe fog in northern parts of the country,
But the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express will leave Bhubaneswar on Sunday morning at right time, said the East Coast Railway (ECoR) sources.
Railways sources said the cancellation of these trains will help in improving punctuality of other line up trains which are running late due to the fog.
ECoR sources said some North-bound trains are rescheduled in order to tackle the situation. Puri-New Delhi Purusottam Express and Puri-New Delhi Neelachal Express were rescheduled on Saturday due to late running of connecting trains.
Trains coming from New Delhi reached Bhubaneswar and Puri late.
Purusottam Express scheduled to arrive at Puri at 5.20 am reached at 5 pm, late by almost 11 hours 40 minutes. Odisha Sampark Kranti Express was running late by 23 hours. Similarly, Neelachal Express and Rajdhani Express were running late by 21 hours.
Timings of over 200 trains across the country has been affected by fog on Saturday. Several trains were also cancelled in the last two days, railways sources said.
Passengers faced difficulties to reach at their destinations. "I don't know if my train will be cancelled due to fog," said a Delhi-bound passenger Sumit Agarwal.
On Friday, five Delhi-bound express trains were rescheduled in view of the dense fog. Passengers had faced difficulties due to late running of trains.