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Chandigarh, January 17
Fog engulfed the tricity this morning, reducing visibility to 50 metres. Resultantly, five flights were cancelled and 15 flights and seven trains delayed today. The city experienced the coldest day of the month today with the maximum temperature dropping to 11.5°C, nine degrees below normal. The minimum temperature was 9.4°C, three degrees above normal.
Residents got some respite from the dense fog in the afternoon.
The Met Department has forecast that there will be no relief from the fog over the next three days and the day temperature is expected to dip further.
The city recorded 0.2 mm rainfall this morning.
The morning New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi was delayed by 40 minutes.
Flights delayed
IndiGo 6E 491 5 hrs 46 min
Air India A1 464 2 hrs 6 min
Jet Airways 9W 2658 2 hrs 52 min
AirAsia India (15)1825 3 hrs 11 min
IndiGo 6E 477 1 hr 35 min
Jet Airways 9W 642 6 hrs 45 min
SpiceJet SG 2646 1 hr 32 min
Trains delayed
Kalka Mail 7 hrs 42 min
Barmer-Kalka Express 1 hr 18 min
Amb Andaura-Ambala 31 min
Una-New Delhi Janshatabdi 50 min
New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi 40 min
Visibility in tricity
8.30 am 50 m
11.30 am 150 m
2.30 pm 350 m
5.30 pm 750 m
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