NEW DELHI (XINHUA) – At least 19 flights were diverted and over 200 were either rerouted or delayed, and the service of 81 trains was affected amid zero visibility due to dense fog in and around New Delhi yesterday.
Vehicular traffic on roads too moved at a snail’s pace due to zero visibility during the early hours of the day in the national capital.
According to sources at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, the flights’ landing and departure was impacted between 12.15am and 1.30am due to reduced visibility to almost zero. While 19 flights were diverted, 51 flights were re-routed, and many others were delayed.
The New Delhi airport issued a travel advisory to travellers warning them of potential flight delays, and advising them to remain in touch with their individual airlines for regular updates about landing and departure of their respective flights.
An official of the Indian Railways confirmed that the movement of a total of 81 trains to and from New Delhi was also affected due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.
Office-goers and other commuters too faced dense fog in the early hours. As a result, vehicular traffic was very slow with the commuters putting on fog lights and blinkers.
