(Z.N)
As per the India Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius at 7 am on January 20.
With a blanket of dense fog engulfing the national capital on the morning of January 20, several Delhi-bound trains were delayed. Due to poor visibility, Railway officials informed that more than 10 trains were delayed.
According to the Northern Railway, about 13 Delhi-bound trains are running late following a drop in visibility due to fog. “Trains including Howrah-New Delhi Express, Puri-New Delhi Express, Gorakhpur-New Delhi Express, Mumbai-New Delhi Express, Kanpur -New Delhi Express,” said CPRO, Northern Railways.
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius at 7 am today while the maximum is expected to touch 18 degrees Celsius. Moreover, the visibility in the Palam area of the national capital dropped to 50 meters today.
“Dense fog is being reported at 0830 hrs IST over Delhi (Palam 50m), Punjab (Amritsar 50m), Haryana (Karnal and Hisar 50m each), UP (Lucknow 50m), northwest MP (Gwalior 50m) Bihar(Patna and Gaya 50m), Sub Himalayan West Bengal (Cooch Behar 50m) and Assam (Dhubri 50m),” tweeted IMD today.
