Cold wave shivers north India as fog affects rail, air traffic in Delhi

Bone-chilling cold conditions prevailed in north India on Friday with fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, while the national capital also witnessed a dense foggy day which led to cancellation of flights and delay in train services.

Officials at the Delhi airport said 19 flights were cancelled and five diverted as the dense fog reduced visibility to zero at some places early in the morning. Railway officials said over 100 trains were delayed by up to two hours.

Visibility was zero at Palam and 300 metres at Safdarjung at 5.30 am which improved later.

The city also braved a cold day with minimum temperature settling at 6.4 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature on Friday was recorded at 17.5 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season’s average.