NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in Delhi disrupted flight operations on Monday, affecting arrivals and departures at the city airport and triggering delays across connected routes.
A total of 15 flights were diverted from Delhi airport due to adverse weather conditions, including three international flights.
Of these, 12 were diverted to Jaipur, two to Chandigarh and one to Lucknow.
Notably, intense showers were reported from parts of South Delhi and nearby regions, while the weather office, India Meteorological Department (IMD), issued a red alert for heavy rain and a yellow alert for moderate rain across several districts, with thunderstorms, lightning and winds of 30-40 kmph also expected in parts of the city.
Airlines, including SpiceJet, issued advisories warning that consequential flights could also be impacted due to the adverse weather, and urged passengers to check their flight status before leaving for the airport.
Air India issued an advisory, saying, “Adverse weather conditions may impact flight operations to and from Delhi today.”
The IMD, in its advisory, said that heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and winds of 30-40 kmph is very likely at isolated places in parts of South East Delhi, East Delhi, Shahdara, Central Delhi, North East Delhi, South Delhi, New Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi, North West Delhi and North Delhi.
It also said moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and winds of 30-40 kmph is very likely at many places in parts of Central Delhi, South Delhi, South West Delhi, West Delhi, North West Delhi and North Delhi.
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