Dense fog disrupts flights, trains in India’s capital

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Flight and train services were disrupted in India&s capital New Delhi for the second day running on Monday, as dense fog and cold enveloped
large swathes of the northern part of the country.More than 100 flights were delayed in Delhi on Sunday, but intermittent flight operations
had resumed on Monday morning, an airport official who declined to be named told Reuters.According to aviation website Flightradar24, at
least 168 flights leaving Delhi were delayed and 56 flights were cancelled on Monday morning.At least 18 trains to Delhi from different
parts of the country were running late because of dense fog, news agency ANI, said on X, citing a railway document.The country&s weather
office has predicted dense fog and a cold wave in New Delhi for Monday and ‘very dense fog& on Tuesday, with a minimum temperature of 4
degrees Celsius.The city&s Indira Gandhi International Airport was not operational from 4 a.m
to 10 a.m
on Sunday because of dense fog, the official said, leading to massive delays at airports across the country, causing delays and leading to
frayed tempers.Social media and news channels showed visuals of angry passengers arguing with airport staff at New Delhi and other airports
and one video showed a man punching a pilot announcing a delayed flight on the aircraft.&Stuck in a plane at Delhi Airport since the past
two hours (literally on the runway),& X user Harteerath Singh Ahluwalia wrote on the social media platform early on Monday.The post Dense
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