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Amritsar: Dense fog engulfed the holy city for the second consecutive day today leaving residents, specially train and plane passengers, a harried lot.Five flights were delayed to Sri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport. Nine arriving trains and many departing from the Amritsar railway station were delayed due to fog.A huge number of tourists, besides residents, were stranded at the airport and railway station for hours.Waiting for the arrival of their flights in a freezing cold, a large number of passengers kept standing in front of the airport building.A passenger, Narinder Singh said they had been waiting for over nine hours at the airport. Waiting for the arrival of flight from Taskant, the Banga resident said they could not go anywhere else as no fresh time for departure of the plane was given. He said in this scenario entire family had to wait in the cold.Sardul Singh from Moga had a similar tale. He had to wait for hours for the arrival of Turkmenistan Airlines flight from Asghabat.Having some work at Turkmenistan's capital Asghabat, he had to catch another flight for Dubai. He said he was unsure of catching his next flight.Amritsar Airport Director Suneel Dutt said scheduled flights got delayed due to delay in take off from their originating stations. Other flights were delayed as either aircraft were not technologically equipped to utilise the category II landing system or pilots not trained to land under this landing system. He said average visibility stood between 400 to 500 meters.

Chaos prevailed at the railway station where a large number of passengers were seen waiting for their trains in the chilly weather.

Waiting passengers kept thronging the enquiry counter to get the latest information regarding their trains. Stalls and shops at the platforms selling coffee and tea had a roaring business.

A senior citizen, Manjit Singh of Daghdhoot village said he along with six of his family members arrived after traveling all the way from their remote village at the station, but was shocked to find the train late by several hours. His family was to travel to Delhi to attend a family function.

He said it was an ordeal to be stranded at the station for these many hours. "There was no place to sit; waiting halls were full and toilets were crowded at the station," he said. Ramandeep Kaur, a pilgrim from Delhi, said, "Having checked out of the hotel at 12 pm, I came to the station only to find my train delayed by hours."

Flights delayed: five

Uzbekistan Airlines flight from Taskant was late by 11 hours and 37 minutes.

Turkmenistan Airlines flight from Ashgabad was delayed by nearly 4 hours.

Delhi-Amritsar flight of SpiceJet was delayed by four hours.

SpiceJet's another flight from Mumbai got delayed by 20 minutes.

Jet Airways' flight from Delhi was delayed by 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Air India's flight from Delhi was delayed by 3 hours.

Trains running late: Nine

Delhi-Amritsar Shaen-E-Punjab was delayed by five hours.

Tata Moori was delayed by 12 hours

Katihar express was late by nine hours.

Jansewa Express, Sachkhand and Paschim Express were delayed by five hours, four hours and two hours, respectively.

Kolkata Express and Dadar Express were late by three hours each.

New Delhi-Amritsar Express got delayed by an hour

Stranded at airport, rly station

A huge number of tourists, besides residents, were stranded at the airport and railway station for hours

Chaos prevailed at the railway station. Waiting passengers kept thronging the enquiry counter to get the latest information regarding their trains