The Moradabad Division of Indian Railways has reported the cancellation of up to 20,000 reserved tickets for December 2023 amidst severe cold wave conditions in Northern India, shrouding multiple states in thick fog. According to Raj Kumar Singh, the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM)of the Moradabad Division, nearly RS 1.22 crore has been reimbursed to customers who canceled their tickets. In an interview with India Today TV/ Aaj tak, Singh said that of the total number of reserved ticket cancellations, 2,448 were cancelled in Dehradun, 3,239 in Moradabad, 3917 in Haridwar and 4,230 in Bareilly, among other places. Singh went on to say that we cancelled those trains that had low occupancy due to foggy conditions. Even then,20,000 tickets were cancelled in the Moradabad Division in December 2023. “42 trains have been cancelled till March. We have also refunded RS 1.22 crore to people,” he added.
Notably cold wave conditions and thick fog have gripped North India. It is anticipated that dense to very dense fog conditions will continue for several hours during the night and morning hours of January 6 in certain areas of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan.