Parts of north India shrouded by fog, train operations hit

New Delhi: Parts of north India were shrouded by fog which led to cancellation and rescheduling of many trains, even as sub-zero temperatures prevailed at night in most parts of Kashmir division.
Dense to very dense fog engulfed many places in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, while isolated places in Bihar, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim witnessed shallow to moderate fog in the morning hours, the MeT department said.
In Delhi, shallow fog in the morning led to cancellation of 17 trains while 90 are running late and 40 have been rescheduled. However, normal flight operations were reported at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, its spokesperson said.
The national capital recorded a low of 10.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal, while the maximum temperature settled at 26.6 degrees Celsius. Dense fog engulfed many parts of Kashmir Valley, including summer capital Srinagar, leading to poor visibility and causing difficulty to motorists, a MeT department official there said. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius, down from previous night's 0.1 degrees Celsius, an official of the MeT department said.
The mercury level at Leh town, in Ladakh region, the coldest recorded place in the state, increased slightly from the previous night's low of minus 11.4 degrees Celsius to settle at minus 10.6 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperatures were above normal in several parts of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Chandigarh recorded a minimum of 8.4 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal, while Ambala in Haryana recorded a low of 10.3 degrees Celsius, up two notches against normal. In Punjab, Amritsar registered a low of 11.5 degrees Celsius, six notches above normal, while Ludhiana's minimum settled at 11.1 degrees Celsius, up three notches.
Uttar Pradesh's Etawah, which recorded 8.2 degrees Celsius, was the coldest place in the state. Cold conditions prevailed at a few places in Bihar, where at Sabour the minimum temperature was 7.4 degrees Celsius. Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and below normal in some parts of Konkan and Goa.