Fog delays 11 trains, but respite from cold wave in Raj

Dense fog today delayed eleven trains under the North Western Railways though the mercury rose in most places in the state bringing respite to people from biting cold.
Mercury went up by one to six degrees Celsius in most places due to change in wind pattern in the state with Sriganganagar recording the lowest temperature at 5.6 degrees Celsius last night, a Rajasthan MeT official said.
Temperature rose sharply at hill station Mount Abu from 4 degrees Celsius to 8.0 degrees Celsius last night.
However fog appeared in parts of north-eastern Rajasthan covering Alwar, Sriganganagar, and Hanumangarh, while dense fog in neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh led to delay of 11 trains and rescheduling of two.

Sealdah-Ajmer train is running 9 hrs 30 mts late followed by Howarah-Sriganganagar 6 hrs 50 mts, and Jammu Tawai-Ajmer 6 hrs 20 mts, an NWR CPRO Tarun Jain said.
Ajmer-Jammu Tawi and Jaipur-Allahabad trains have been rescheduled to avoid fog, he said.
The rise in minimum temperature ranged between 1 degree Celsius and 6 degrees Celsisus in Ajmer, Jaipur, Pilani, Kota, Sawimadhopur, Udaipur, Barmer, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Churu, and Jaisalmer.
Mercury would further increase as a new western disturbance and wind pattern is likely to hit the state in the next 48 hours, the weatherman said.