By IANS,
New Delhi: Many homeless people made a beeline for night shelters as icy winds kept temperatures below average for the past few days. The Met office has forecast a cold and foggy weekend in Delhi.
Saturday’s maximum temperature was 12.6 degrees Celsius, eight notches below average for this time of the season. The minimum was 2.9 degrees, four notches below average, an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
A thick blanket of fog affected train schedules, with as many as 23 trains delayed for about six hours.
“There is a heavy backlog leading to many delays and rescheduling of trains. A total of 23 trains were delayed and 10 cancelled due to fog,” a Northern Railway spokesperson told IANS.
An official at Indira Gandhi International Airport said flight operations were not affected.
“Due to a thick fog in the morning 23 flights operated in Low Visibility Procedure (LVP) and one flight was delayed,” an airport official said.
The Met department has forecast similar weather conditions Sunday.
“The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 13 and 3 degrees Celsius respectively on Sunday,” a Met official said.
The national capital is experiencing intense cold conditions this week with Friday being the coldest with the minimum temperature dropping to this season’s lowest of 2.7 degrees.
The official added that the icy winds were the result of snowfall in the hilly regions of north India.