Railways, airport authorities prepare for foggy season

New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI) With the Winter season at its peak, arrangements are being put in place by the Northern Railways and the Airports Authority of India to tackle low visibility arising out of dense fog conditions accompanying a drop in mercury.

In view of the foggy weather, the Northern Railways have cancelled several trains from January 6 to 31. The cancelled trains include the Unchahar - Rae-Bareli-Unchahar passenger train, the Rae-Bareli - Unchahar - Rae-Bareli passenger train, the 135/136 Varanasi - Bareli - Varanasi Passenger train and 307/308 Moradabad - Delhi - Moradabad Passenger.

Other trains like the Haridwar - Rishikesh - Haridwar passenger, the 4525/4526 Ambala - Sriganganagar - Ambala Intercity Express train and the the 9225/9226 Jammutawi - Bhatinda - Jammutawi Express train will also remain cancelled during the same period.

As part of efforts to avert the problem of flight delays due to low visibility at the airport due to dense fog, a new CAT III compliant Rapid Exit Taxiway was opened at the Indira Gandhi International Airport yesterday.

Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL), a joint venture company consisting of GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport, Eraman Malaysia and India Development Fund which has been working towards the modernisation and reconstruction of the Delhi Airport, announced the opening of Bravo 3 (B3), a new CAT III compliant Rapid Exit Taxiway which would facilitate the exit of aircraft from runway 10-28 on to the domestic apron and towards the additional CAT IIIB compliant parking stands being added.

The IGI Airport is the only airport in the country to operate a CAT IIIB Instrument Landing System, which allows aircraft to land even when runway visibility is as poor as 50 meters.

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