A day after the mercury plummeted to the lowest this season, heavy fog blanketed the national capital Saturday, disrupting air, rail and road traffic.
The general visibility was 50 metres, while at the airport it was 100 metres. As a result, over a dozen flights were cancelled and several delayed.
“Sixteen domestic and eight international flights starting from the Indira Gandhi International Airport were cancelled and six domestic flights were delayed,” said an official at the capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Over 70 trains were also delayed by an average of more than three hours, even as meteorological officials said the fog will persist for a few days. The minimum temperature recorded Saturday was 5.4 degrees Celsius; the maximum was 20.2.
On Friday, Delhi recorded the lowest temperature of the season at a minimum of four degrees Celsius and a maximum of 17.9.
