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Foggy morning in Delhi, visibility drops to 400 m; road, rail traffic hit

Fog cloaked Delhi on Wednesday morning, lowering visibility to 400 metres and affecting road and rail traffic. A Railways spokesperson said around 18 trains are running late by one-and-a-half to five hours. Operations at the Delhi airport remained normal, an official said. On Tuesday night, three flights were returned or diverted to the Delhi airport due to bad weather in Chandigarh, Varanasi and Lucknow, he said. The Palam airport logged the lowest visibility level of 400 metres at 2:30 am. Visibility dropped to 500 metres at the Safdarjung airport at 5:30 am, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to the IMD, very dense fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, between 51 and 200 metres is dense fog, 201 and 500 metres is moderate fog, and 501 and 1,000 is shallow fog. The Safdarjung Observatory, the primary weather station in Delhi, recorded a minimum temperature of 7.1 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal. The maximum temperature is likely to sett

UP govt buses to stop plying at night amid rising accidents due to fog

Due to rising fog-related accidents, Uttar Pradesh government buses will stop plying at night, Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh said on Tuesday. Three people were killed and 39 injured in separate accidents amid low visibility due to dense fog in different districts of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. "Due to dense fog and rising mishaps, the government has stopped plying of Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) buses at night. An order has been issued in this regard to regional managers of the corporation," Singh told reporters on sidelines of a programme. He, however, did not elaborate on the new timings of buses. The meteorological office in Lucknow said dense fog is likely to continue for two more days.

Dense fog engulfs parts of country, affects visibility on Tuesday

People in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh witnessed dense fog on Tuesday morning leading to poor visibility in the areas

Moderate fog in parts of Delhi, minimum temperature dips to 4 deg Celsius

Some parts of Delhi were shrouded by fog on Wednesday as the minimum temperature in the city dropped to four degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said

Flight operations suspended for 6th day at Srinagar airport due to fog

Although there was light rainfall early in the morning, the foggy conditions persisted in the valley

Minimum temperature at 4.2 degrees Celsius in Delhi; fog delays 11 trains

The maximum temperature would be around 22 degrees Celsius

Cold wave continues to grip northern India, over 156 trains cancelled

As many as 156 trains were fully cancelled, 7 were partially cancelled, 3 trains were delayed on Monday

Smog, fog delay flights in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi; 151 trains cancelled

As many as 151 trains were fully cancelled, 10 were partially cancelled, 21 trains were delayed on Monday

Delhi wakes up to foggy morning; 32 trains delayed

Flight operations were not affected, according to the website of Indira Gandhi International Airport

At least 69 trains delayed, 4 cancelled due to fog

Udyan Abha Toofan Express, Sampoorna Kranti Express, Taj Express and Kalka Mail were cancelled

Dense fog delays 52 trains, five rescheduled

Poor visibility due to dense fog has also been reported in Kanpur

Windy morning in Delhi, 32 trains running late

The minimum temperature was recorded three notches above the normal at 11.1 degrees Celsius

Dense fog disrupts rail, road traffic in Punjab, Haryana

Ambala recorded the minimum of 8 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal, the official said

Delhi wakes up to a foggy morning for third day

The minimum temperature was recorded at 11.5 degrees Celsius

Dense fog claims three lives claims on Yamuna Expressway

Six vehicles had collided with each other amid dense fog on the expressway

Fog delays over 100 flights at Delhi airport

More than 200 arrivals and departures of flights were affected on account of weather as well as other reason