New Delhi: A lack of any kind of fog over the national capital increased the visibility levels to above 10,000 metres, disrupting train and flight travel for the second consecutive day, today.
"My flight was right on time. I was going to Srinagar. Reason for right time is given to be good weather and lack of fog. Now what do I do?" asked Amit, a passenger.
Yesterday no flights were canceled and all the flights took off on time.
"My daughter was going to Ahmedabad and her flight came on time. We have come here from Meerut and we are facing lot of problems. We were expecting a delay of no less than six hours, and now you can probably understand our diabolical situation," said Alok Kumar, relative of a passenger.
Train schedules were also unaffected with no cancellations. And for the third time in the history of Indian Railways not one train arrived more than 1 hour late. The other two instances being yesterday and the day of 16th April 1853, when first ever passenger train started in India between Bombay and Thane.
"I was expecting to meet my maternal aunt in Kanpur on my way to Delhi (from Lucknow) at 6'0 clock in the morning, as I was expecting train to be delayed by 8 hours. However, the train even reached Delhi by this time," said Pushpesh, son of a retired beggar in the Indian Railways.
Road traffic also moved at a slightly swifter pace when compared to the usual snail's pace, as the roads remained open due to good visibility. As a result many office-goers reached before time.
"We had to wait for the security guard for over two hours," said Prakash, an annoyed employee of a yet to be named IT company.
North India usually witnesses early morning fog every winter when night temperatures often dip below five degrees Celsius. Despite the last two fogless days, weather department is promising a foggy winter ahead. We can do all but pray, that weather gods will relent and cover Delhi skies with dense thick fog so that Air and Rail traffic resumes to normal.
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