Several flights, trains delayed due to fog; Delhi may see light rain

Due to foggy conditions in most of north India, almost 16 trains were running late and several flights were delayed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) on Friday.

Meanwhile, till 7 am no flight diversions were reported. a passenger at Delhi airport said, “Flights were delayed due to bad weather amid fog in the national capital. Visibility is very low at the airport.”

According to officials of Northern Railway, Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Special, Gaya-New Delhi Mahabodhi Express, Malda Town-Delhi Farakka Express, Barauni-New Delhi Clone Special, Banaras-New Delhi Kashi Vishwanath Express, Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, Kamakhya-Delhi Brahmaputra Mail, Visakhapatnam-New Delhi Andhra Pradesh Express, Balrampur -Gwalior Sushasan Express, Ayodhya Cantt-Delhi Express, Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi Superfast Express, Raxaul- Anand Vihar Terminal Sadbhavana Express, Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal SaptKranti Superfast Express, Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express, Manikpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Uttar Pardesh Sampark Kranti Express, Hyderabad Deccan Nampally-New Delhi Telangana Express, are running late.

Moreover, from 20 January to 26 January there will be fresh western disturbances, said IMD.

“An active Western Disturbance is very likely to affect northwest India from January 21 to January 25. Under its influence, rainfall/snowfall is likely to commence over the western Himalayan region in the early hours of January 21 and continue till January 25 with peak activity on January 23-24,” the IMD said in a statement.

According to the India Meteorological Department, on Thursday night, Delhi may see light rain. 

However, there will be light to moderate hailstorms at places over Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh, and north Rajasthan on 23 and 24 January.