Delhi Weather: 200 flights delayed, trains stranded due to fog across North India.

Fog Disrupts North India: 200 Flights Delayed, Trains Stranded in Delhi

Written by: Supriya Kadu

Edited by: Pinky Deshmukh

Last Updated: January 03, 2025

Summary: Delhi and several North Indian states witness high traffic, delayed train services, and airplane operations amid the dense fog.

In many regions of North India, dense fog engulfed the area, lowering temperatures and visibility while affecting train and aviation operations. As visibility dropped to zero, 202 flights were delayed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.

36 planes arriving at the airport in Kolkata were delayed, one was canceled, and 17 flights departing were delayed.

According to the IMD's 24-hour statistics, Delhi saw a lowest temperature of 7.6 degrees Celsius, a deviation of three degrees below average, and a maximum temperature of 16 degrees Celsius.

Fog is predicted to last until January 8 in Delhi, with light rain expected on January 6. As of Friday morning, the National Capital has seen five consecutive frigid days, with a temperature of 9.6 degrees Celsius.

According to the Railways, at least 24 trains—including many long-distance services—are experiencing delays as a result of the fog. Some trains are up to four and a half hours late.

Karnataka and Bihar Sampark Kranti Expresses, Bhatinda-Balurghat Farakka Express, Andhra Pradesh Express, and Ayodhya Express are among the services that are impacted.

In Bathinda, Punjab, a private bus and a truck crashed due to fog-induced limited visibility, injuring 20 to 25 people.

It’s been a week of a cold wave in the National Capital Region (NCR), with the city's maximum temperature dropping significantly. An orange warning has been issued for Delhi by the India Meteorological Department, which predicts "dense to very dense fog" and partly cloudy skies on Friday.

Friday is predicted to see dense fog persist across Delhi, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Amritsar, and Guwahati.

Delhi, Rajasthan's Kota, Bundi, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu, Sri Ganganagar, and Tonk, Punjab's Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran, and Kapurthala, and Haryana's Kurukshetra, Amabal, Panchkula, and Yamunanagar are all under the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Nowcast warning for dense to very dense fog. In the meantime, areas of Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh are predicted to have snow and light rain.

District officials in Noida declared that schools will remain closed until further notice. According to the weather service, Noida will have a low of 8 degrees Celsius on Friday.