Guwahati: As many as 16 trains were running behind schedule due to hazy circumstances throughout most of north India on Friday, which affected visibility.
According to officials of Northern Railway, Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Special, Gaya-New Delhi Mahabodhi Express, Malda Town-Delhi Farakka Express, Barauni-New Delhi Clone Special, Banaras-New Delhi Kashi Vishwanath Express, Katihar-Amritsar Amrapali Express, Kamakhya-Delhi Brahmaputra Mail, Visakhapatnam-New Delhi Andhra Pradesh Express, Balrampur -Gwalior Sushasan Express, Ayodhya Cantt-Delhi Express, Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi Superfast Express, Raxaul- Anand Vihar Terminal Sadbhavana Express, Muzaffarpur-Anand Vihar Terminal SaptKranti Superfast Express, Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express, Manikpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Uttar Pardesh Sampark Kranti Express, Hyderabad Deccan Nampally-New Delhi Telangana Express, are running late by up to 1 hour.
The passengers’ suffering increased as they waited for hours at the New Delhi railway station due to delays in the arrival of trains.
According to the India Meteorological Department on Friday, the national capital had light fog on Friday morning, with Safdarjung and Palam recording a minimum temperature of 9 degrees Celsius.
IMD had already warned on Wednesday that the western Himalayan region may experience new western disturbances from January 20 to January 26.
“An active Western Disturbance is very likely to affect northwest India from January 21 to January 25. Under its influence, rainfall/snowfall is likely to commence over the western Himalayan region in the early hours of January 21 and continue till January 25 with peak activity on January 23-24,” the IMD said in a statement.
The meteorological department further stated that on January 23 and 24, isolated areas in Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, west Uttar Pradesh, and north Rajasthan are expected to see light to moderate hailstorms.
The entire North Indian region is still experiencing a severe cold wave, and parts of Rajasthan have experienced temperatures below freezing.