The national Capital region on Thursday witnessed a light to moderate spell of rain for the second consecutive day with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting rainfall activity for the next two days.
As many as 17 flights were diverted from the Delhi airport due to bad weather in the national Capital while many areas including Kashmeri Gate, AIIMS, Dhaula Kuan, Apsra Border, Khajuri Chowk, ITO, witnessed heavy traffic jam on Thursday evening.
The airport official said that out of the 17 flights diverted from the Delhi airport, 8 flights each were diverted to Lucknow and Jaipur while one was diverted to Dehradun.These flights were diverted to Lucknow, Jaipur and Dehradun, an airport official said.