IMD said that the maximum temperature of the city settled at 20 degrees Celsius, 0.7 notch above average and the minimum temperature was recorded at 7.8 degrees Celsius.

Passengers were stranded at New Delhi Railway Station as several trains were delayed due to dense fog conditions.

A dense fog blanketed various parts of north India in the early hours of Saturday, reducing visibility to zero in several areas. Road traffic in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana moved at a snail’s pace as commuters struggled to navigate through the thick fog cover.

Dense fog covered Delhi on Friday morning, with a minimum temperature of 7 degrees Celsius. The weather department forecast cold day conditions and dense fog at some places. An active western disturbance is expected to raise temperatures in the eastern,