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New Delhi: On Saturday, At least 22 flights were diverted at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport of Delhi between 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm due to bad weather. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall with thunderstorms in many places of Delhi NCR, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram, etc in the next few hours.
The national capital witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday evening impacting a few flight operations. The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) handles around 1,300 flight movements daily. According to an official, 9 IndiGo flights, 8 Air India flights and 3 Vistara flights were diverted.
Out of the 22 flights, nine were diverted to Jaipur, eight to Lucknow, two to Chandigarh and one each to Amritsar, Ahmedabad and Varanasi. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall with thunderstorms in many parts of Delhi-NCR including Bahadurgarh, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Manesar and others.
IMD wrote in a post on X,“Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain over isolated places and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Manesar) Meham.”
Delhi’s Regional Meteorological Department has predicted cloudy weather with light rain and thundershowers in the national capital on Sunday as well. In addition to Delhi, adjacent cities of Haryana, including Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, Kosali, Mahendargarh, Rewari, and Rajasthan’s Bhiwari, also receive rainfall on Saturday
