New Delhi, Jan 18: Dense fog continued to play havoc in the national capital forcing suspension of air traffic for more than nine hours besides cancellation of four trains and rescheduling of several others. Day temperature also dropped to 15.6 degrees celsius against yesterday's 16.3 degrees celsius, five degrees below normal, although the night temperature stabilised a bit at normal 7.1 degrees celsius. As fog continued to paralyse normal life especially in the evenings and early mornings, meteorological department today warned the situation would continue for some more days. Operation of flights at the Indira Gandhi international airport here were suspended from 2300 hours yesterday after the runway visibility range dipped drastically to 75 metres, airport sources said.

The flight service resumed at 0821 hours today with improvement of the situation, they said adding at least four international flights were diverted to Mumbai in the meantime.


Train services were also affected with 2304 Poorva Express, 2497 Shan-e-Panjab and 4722 and 4731 Inter-City Express being cancelled. At least 16 other trains were rescheduled due to low visibility, northern railway sources said.

Fog also affected movement of traffic on the capital's roads since early last evening till late in the morning today.


Vehicles with blinkers on were found to be cruising slowly amid very low visibility.
Bureau Report