24 trains running late as cold day conditions, dense fog persist in North India
Cold day conditions and dense fog continued to prevail in several parts of North, Central and Northeast India, with no relief expected until at least January 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
In North India, dense to very dense fog conditions were very likely to prevail for a few hours in the morning in isolated pockets of north Rajasthan on January 11 and 12 (Thursday and Friday), and may abate thereafter.
As many as 24 trains to Delhi from various parts of the country were running late due to dense fog conditions, the Railways said.
Dense fog conditions were predicted for a few hours in the morning in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura from January 11 to 15, the IMD said.
At 5:30 am on Thursday, visibility in Punjab’s Bathinda and Agra was down to 0 metres, 25 metres in Tripura’s Agartala, and 50 metres in Jammu, Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi, Madhya Pradesh’s Satna, Purnea in Bihar, Assam’s Tezpur and Haryana’s Hisar.
In Delhi’s Palam area, visibility was recorded at 100 metres and 200 metres in Bhopal and Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar.
Similar conditions were likely to prevail in the Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, north Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim on January 11 and 12. The IMD said cold day conditions could continue in some parts of Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab and isolated pockets of Uttar Pradesh on January 11 and abate thereafter.
Such conditions were expected to prevail in the isolated pockets of Rajasthan on January 11 and abate thereafter.
According to the weather department, a fall by 2-3°C in minimum temperatures was likely over many parts of Central and East India during the next three to four days. Ground frost conditions were very likely over Uttarakhand on January 11 and 12, the bulletin stated.
Meanwhile, light to moderate rainfall was predicted at some places in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Coastal Karnataka and Lakshadweep during the next two days and dry weather thereafter, the weather office said.