Airlines had forewarned their passengers about flight delays. Spicejet said "due to bad weather departures and arrivals may get affected at Delhi, Patna, Guwahati, Bengaluru, Varanasi, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Srinagar, Jaipur, Surat, Kabul, Tuticorin, Puducherry, Vijayawada, Gorakhpur and Shirdi."
Indian Railways had to cancel over 160 trains, of which over 10 were superfast trains, due to fog. Fifteen trains were rescheduled, according to Indian Railways.
The government yesterday, sounded an "Orange" alert for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is facing a cyclonic storm. An "Orange" warning had been issued for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a home ministry official said, quoting from a weather bulletin.