Among the diverted flights, seven were IndiGo aircraft, two Vistara, six Air India and one Air India Express
As many as 22 flights were diverted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport between 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm on Saturday due to bad weather. The national capital witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday evening impacting a few flight operations.
According to an official, 9 flights of IndiGo, 8 flights of Air India, and 3 flights of Vistara were among those that were diverted.
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Of the 22 Delhi-bound flights, nine were diverted to Jaipur, eight to Lucknow, two to Chandigarh, and one each to Amritsar, Ahmedabad and Varanasi.
The IGI Airport in the national capital handles around 1,300 flight movements on a daily basis.
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.
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“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,” IMD wrote in an X post.
The IMD also issued an advisory for thunderstorms and lightning in Delhi-NCR, advising people to stay indoors and close windows and doors.
The rains led to waterlogging in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat, impacting traffic.
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In a post on X, the Delhi Traffic Police said, “Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road in the carriageway from Zakhira flyover towards Kamal T-Point due to waterlogging near Anand Parvat. Commuters are advised to avoid this stretch.”
Delhi’s Regional Meteorological Department has predicted cloudy weather with light rain and thundershowers in the national capital on Sunday as well.
“The temperature in the capital will drop by nearly 33 per cent due to overcast skies and winds reaching speeds of 30 to 40 kmph triggered by an active western disturbance that hit northwest India on April 12,” Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist and head of the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre was quoted by PTI as saying.
