A thick blanket of fog across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Tuesday morning threw normal life out of gear with minimum temperatures dipping further.
According to the MeT Department, fog reduced visibility considerably at several places like Chandigarh, Ambala, Karnal, Hisar, Bathinda, ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar among other places.
Fog has paralysed normal life in the region during a past few days and has badly hit the road, rail and air traffic.
Meanwhile, Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest place in the two States recording a minimum of 3.3°C, down four notches. Hisar also shivered at a low of 4.6°C, down two degrees.
Amritsar was the coldest place in Punjab at 4.2°C, down one degree than normal. ludhiana and Patiala recorded respective minimums of 7.6°C and 7°C.
Chandigarh recorded a low of 8.4°C while neighbouring town of Ambala registered a minimum of 9.5°C.