Rajasthan: Day temperatures rise, but fog persists

Winter seems to be dissipating from most parts of Rajasthan which today saw an increase in day temperatures.

However, persisting fog in northern India continued to affect railway movement.

According to the Met department, the weather is likely to be dry in the state and shallow to moderate fog is likely at isolated places.

Lowest minimum temperature of 6.0 degrees Celsius was recorded in the desert state's hill station Mount Abu followed by 6.9 in Sriganganagar, 7.6 in Dabok, 8.8 in Pilani, 10.3 in Ajmer and Jodhpur, 11 in Jaipur, 11.4 in Bikaner and 11.6 degrees Celsius in Churu.

Meanwhile, the departure of two trains was rescheduled while nine trains were running delayed.