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Passengers Stranded as 40 Flights Diverted from Delhi Airport 

Airlines urged the Civil Aviation Ministry to help provide weather updates, “well in advance.”

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Squalls, dust storms and heavy rains in the national capital upset flight schedules at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Until 2 am on Monday morning, 40 domestic and international flights were diverted to nearby airports due to bad weather.

Airlines urged the Civil Aviation Ministry to help provide weather updates, “well in advance.”
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Airlines urged the Civil Aviation Ministry to help institute a mechanism for providing weather updates, “well in advance.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was returning from Karnataka, after addressing a public meeting in Devangere, also had to make a stop over in Jaipur on Sunday after inclement weather prevented his flight from landing in Delhi.

(With inputs from NDTV)

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