New Delhi: Several train services were impacted due to dense fog in Delhi. The Indian Railways has informed that as many as 24 trains to Delhi are running late due to the dense fog. The national capital has been experiencing cold day conditions for the past couple of days. A ‘Yellow’ alert for cold day conditions in parts of the city was issued for Wednesday.
The RWFC Delhi has predicted clear sky with shallow fog in the morning for today. The minimum temperature in Delhi is expected to reach 6 degrees Celsius while maximum temperature is predicted to be 17 degrees Celsius.
In Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal dense fog resulted in low visibility on Tuesday. Meteorologist at IMD Bhopal, Ramendra Kumar said, “The fog will continue in the next 24 hours in the state and light rainfall may also occur in Gwalior Chambal division. Narsinghpur recorded the minimum temperature in the state which is 10.4 while the minimum temperature in Bhopal was recorded at 15.6 degrees. The temperature is likely to remain the same in the next 24 hours,” reported ANI. Ramendra Kumar said that the visibility at the Bhopal airport was around 800 metres yesterday. Today morning visibility was around 500 metres due to fog.
Himachal Pradesh is experiencing extremely cold conditions as strong velocity icy winds swept the region while Kufri near Shimla received the first traces of snow. Kufri recorded – 0.4 degrees Celsius and a maximum temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. The weather department predicted dry weather conditions in HP until January 15 and cautioned of dense fog conditions.
Earlier on Teusday, India Meteorological Department issued a dense fog warning over North-Indian states amid cold weather conditions. Cold wave intensified in the Northern region of the country over the past few days with maximum temperatures hovering below normal limits while night temperatures have also been settling below normal at some places.
Several states are grappling with the problem of low visibility due to dense fog, especially in the morning and night hours which has led to the delay of several flights and trains. On Tuesday, sixteen Delhi-bound trains were delayed due to weather-related conditions.
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