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• Rain, snow likely in HP, J&K

• Fog disrupts rail, air services

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Read under headings Max (maximum temperature), Min (minimum temperature), R (rainfall in past 24 hours) and TR (total rainfall):

Rain, snow likely in HP, J&K

New Delhi, January 20
Temperatures: Past 24 hours change: Minimum temperatures fell in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and east Uttar Pradesh, rose in Rajasthan and changed little elsewhere. Departure: They were appreciably above normal in Haryana and Rajasthan, above normal in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and east Uttar Pradesh and normal in the rest of the region. The lowest temperature in the plains was 4.2°C recorded at Amritsar.

Forecast valid until the morning of January 22: Rain or snow is likely at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttaranchal. Isolated rain/thundershowers are likely in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. Weather will be mainly dry in Uttar Pradesh.

Forecast for Delhi and neighbourhood valid until the morning of January 22: Mainly cloudy sky with possibility of light rain/thundery development in some areas. Fog till forenoon. Minimum temperature will be around 9°C.

Farmers’ weather bulletin for Delhi: Forecast valid until the morning of January 22: Light rain is likely at a few places.

Outlook for the subsequent two days: No large change.

Fog disrupts rail, air services

Chandigarh, January 20
Dense fog continued to disrupt rail and air services in the northwest region for the fourth consecutive day while day temperatures plummeted again by four to seven degrees below normal at most of the places under the cold weather conditions.

The Mumbai-New Delhi-Chandigarh Indian Airlines flight was cancelled due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog while the Jet Airways New Delhi-Chandigarh flight landed here 90 minutes behind schedule.

Most of the trains, especially the long distance ones, ran three to five hours behind schedule. The Howrah-Kalka Mail stayed cancelled today because of abnormally late running of the train. The train from Howrah, which had a normal chugging-in time here of 3.30 am, could reach here more than 18 hours behind schedule at 9 pm. Consequently the return journey from Kalka was delayed by three hours and 45 minutes.

Mandi: As a result of prolonged spell of dry weather and consequent decrease in the discharge of water in perennial rivers, the power generation in hydel projects in this region has decreased.

The power generation in the 110-MW Shanan Hydro-Electric Project is the worst effected. Here the power generation is wavering between 14 MW and 25 MW due to negligible rain and snowfall in the catchment area, as a result of which the discharge in the Uhl river has decreased.

The condition is equally worse in the 60 MW Bassi power house, for which the tail water of Shanan Power House has been harnessed. — UNI, OC