A dense fog engulfed national capital New Delhi on Sunday morning, resulting in the cancellation of 21 flights and delay in the take-off of another 47. General visibility at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was below 50 metres early this morning.
Satellite towns Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad also reported dense foggy conditions. The temperature at 5.30 a.m. was eight degrees Celsius.
On Saturday, 68 flights were delayed and six were cancelled. The fog also affected the movement of trains with more than 50 delayed and eight rescheduled.
The Meteorological department has forecast dense fog in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan in the winter season.
The maximum temperature on Saturday settled at 21.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average while the minimum was recorded 8.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the normal.
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