Dense fog disrupts Delhi, 67 trains delayed

Fog continued to grip the national capital and NCR region on Friday morning as 67 trains were delayed, 20 rescheduled and 18 got cancelled, while 17 flights were also delayed due to affected visibility.

By :  migrator
Update: 2018-01-05 06:27 GMT

New Delhi

Cold wave conditions also prevailed ,while minimum temperature settled at 7.2 degrees C, people on some streets were seen battling the chills by lighting fire and gathering around.

Shallow fog is expected during the day while the sky will remai clear, the weatherman said.

However, the air quality remained 'very poor' with the index value of 378 at 1000 hours , according to the Central Pollution Control Board.

Relative humidity at 0830 hours today was 97 per cent, as per Met office.

The maximum temperature in the day is likely to settle  around 20 degrees C, the Met official said.

Yesterday, the maximum temperature settled at 2.3 degrees C.

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