Delhi NCR Shrouded in Dense Fog: Flights and Trains Affected, Low Visibility Hits Commuters

&NewLine;<p>December 28&comma; 2023&colon; Due to the cold winds descending from the mountains&comma; the plains are experiencing an increase in cold&period; On Thursday morning&comma; Delhi NCR was covered in dense fog&comma; although not as much as yesterday&period; The rising cold and fog are causing inconvenience to people&period; Road traffic&comma; as well as railway and air services&comma; have been affected&period; Many trains and flights are running late&period; Visibility is 0-50 meters in many areas of Delhi NCR&period; At 5&colon;30 am on December 28&comma; visibility was recorded at 50 meters in Safdarjung and 25 meters in Palam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Thick fog is also impacting flights&period; According to Delhi Airport authorities&comma; about 134 flights &lpar;domestic and international arrivals and departures&rpar; at Delhi Airport are being affected&period; Similarly&comma; according to Indian Railways&comma; 22 trains in the Delhi region are running late&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; due to fog&comma; around 30 international and domestic flights were affected from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning&period; During this time&comma; visibility was recorded at 50 meters at Palam Airport and 125 meters at Safdarjung Airport&period; The situation normalized after 12 pm&period; Meanwhile&comma; the sound of morning trains was severely affected&period; Trains like Rajdhani and Vande Bharat either departed hours late or reached Delhi late&period; Operation of more than 50 trains has been affected&period; This has caused a lot of trouble for people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Due to the dense fog&comma; 11 planes were diverted to Jaipur&comma; and one plane was diverted to Lucknow&period; After the improvement in visibility&comma; all planes were landed back at Delhi Airport by 12 pm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; the minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 7&period;8 degrees Celsius&comma; which is one degree above normal&period; The minimum temperature in some areas remained 7&period;4 degrees&comma; while the maximum temperature was recorded at 22 degrees&comma; two degrees above normal&period; The dense fog dissipated after 11 am&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Change in School Timings in Ghaziabad <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Due to the fog&comma; there has been a change in the timings of schools in Ghaziabad&period; The District Basic Education Officer of Ghaziabad has ordered all schools from class 1 to class 8 to operate from 10 am to 3 pm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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