Dense fog disrupts flight operations in Kolkata
Poor visibility caused by dense fog disrupted flight operations at Kolkata airport on Monday morning, forcing officials to implement the low visibility procedures (LVP).
Poor visibility caused by dense fog disrupted flight operations at Kolkata airport on Monday morning, forcing officials to implement the low visibility procedures (LVP).
Several flights and trains were delayed in the national capital on Friday due to dense fog while the minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 7 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Due to prevailing fog conditions, 62 Passenger and Express trains have been canceled on different dates between December 1 and…
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.
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.
Chandigarh recorded a low of 8.6 degree Celsius, up by two degrees above the season's average.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 12 degrees Celsius, two notches below the normal, according to MeT department.
