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Visibility remained very low in the capital on Friday morning due to fog. Air and rail services were most affected by this. More than 200 flights were delayed in air services. These include both domestic and international services. Many flights had to be diverted. Talking about railways, more than 60 trains were affected.
Over 200 flights were delayed and some canceled due to low visibility at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday. The airlines have requested passengers to check the flight status on the airlines’ website before leaving for the airport. Fakrul, a resident of Rampur, UP, said that he had to wait for 12 hours at T-3 in the cold to catch a flight to Sharjah. In case of delay in such weather, the airline did not make any arrangements for the passengers. Airport sources said visibility on Friday morning was 150 metres, which is considered moderate for flight operations. Another passenger Kuldeep told that he has to catch a flight to Toronto, but it is getting delayed.
Vande reached India late by 19 hours
Due to fog, 56 trains arrived late by hours. These mainly include Banaras-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express 19.09 hours, Kurukshetra-Khajuraho Geeta Jayanti Express 15.15 hours, Mumbai Central-Ferozepur Punjab Mail 12.10 hours, Tirupati-Hazrat Nizamuddin AP Sampark Kranti Express 14.15 hours, Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi-New Delhi Taj. Express 11.45 hours, Rani Kamlapati-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express 11.30 hours, Chennai-Shrimata Vaishno Devi Katra Andaman Express 11.30 hours, Pune-Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express 11.30 hours, Lucknow-New Delhi Swarn Shatabdi Express 10.45 hours, Puri-Yog Nagari Rishikesh Kalinga Utkal Express – ten and a quarter hours, Barauni – New Delhi Humsafar Clone Express – nine and a half hours, Rani Kamalapati – Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express – nine hours, Puducherry – New Delhi Express – nine and a quarter hours, Ranchi – New Delhi Rajdhani Express – eight and a half hours, Khajuraho -Kurukshetra Geeta Jayanti Express arrived late by eight and a half hours, Darbhanga-New Delhi Humsafar Express by eight hours, Balrampur-Gwalior Sushasan Express by eight hours, Nanded-Amritsar Express, Sachkhand Express by seven and a quarter hours.
Apart from this, Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express takes seven and a quarter hours, Rewa-Anand Vihar Express takes seven and a half hours, Manikpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin UP Sampark Kranti Express takes seven and a quarter hours, Raigarh-Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express takes seven and a quarter hours, Madhupur-Anand Vihar Superfast takes seven and a half hours. , Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express seven and a quarter hours, Amritsar-Nanded Express six and a half hours, Yoganagari Rishikesh Kalinga Utkal Express six hours, Ayodhya Cantonment-Old Delhi Express five hours, Puri-New Delhi Purushottam Express five hours, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express five and a half hours, Prayagraj-Bhiwani Kalindi Express four and a half hours, Agra Cantonment-New Delhi Intercity Express three and a half hours, Howrah-New Delhi Purva Express three and a half hours, Prayagraj-New Delhi Humsafar Express. The Bandra-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Swaraj Express arrived late by three and a half hours, the Gorakhpur-Bathinda Gorakhdham Express by three and a half hours and the Kanpur-New Delhi Shramshakti Express by three and a half hours.
Five trains left late
Due to fog, five trains left for their destination late. These include Patna-Anand Vihar Superfast 6.45 hours, New Delhi-Amritsar Shan-e-Punjab Express 7.40 hours, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Swarna Jayanti Express 4.20 hours, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Express 4.50 hours, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Visakhapatnam-five and a half hours. Are.