Cold weather continues to grip Delhi, minimum temperature at 7 degrees
Owing to visibility woes, several flights were reportedly delayed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday.
Owing to visibility woes, several flights were reportedly delayed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday.
The Congress leaders have not yet boarded the flight and are waiting at the airport lounge.
As many as 39 passenger trains to Delhi are running behind schedule as dense fog conditions continue to prevail in the national capital, resulting in low visibility, railway officials said on Friday.
On Saturday, the maximum temperature in Delhi recorded 15.2 degrees Celsius, which was four notches lesser than season's average, India Meteorological Department said.
Delhi recorded a maximum of 9.6 degrees Celsius at Palam, 8.9 degree in Safdarjung.
On Monday, 14 Delhi bound trains were delayed due to severe fog in several parts of northern India.
The fog is expected to disperse later in the day and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 18 degrees Celsius, according to the MeT official.
Five other occupants of the vehicle sustained injuries in the incident that took place around 11.30 pm on Sunday.
As Delhi residents shivered in the cold, the IMD said that the city's mean maximum temperature in December has dipped below 20 degrees Celsius only four times in past 118 years - in 1919, 1929, and 1961 with the last in 1997.
Meanwhile, at least 21 Delhi-bound trains were delayed due to intense fog in several parts of northern India, railway officials said on Friday.
