Smoggy spell continues in city, 7 trains cancelled

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Smoggy conditions continued toprevail in the national capital today morning, leading tocancellation of seven trains and res...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Smoggy conditions continued toprevail in the national capital today morning, leading tocancellation of seven trains and rescheduling of nine.

According to Railways, 26 trains have been delayed, ninerescheduled and seven cancelled.

An official of the MeT department said that the minimumtemperature settled at 13.2 degree Celsius.

The official said that the humidity level recorded at8.30 am was 91 per cent.

The visibility was recorded at 1,500 meters at 5.30 am,which dropped to 1,000 meters at 8.30 am in the nationalcapital.

Delhi has been experiencing dense smog for about a week,forcing authorities to enforce emergency measures such asbanning construction activities and brick kilns in theNational Capital Region.

Air quality in the city remained 'very poor' yesterdaydespite showing a marked improvement, prompting the EPCA tocontinue with the emergency measures such as ban on trucks.

PTI BUN ASGDIP.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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