Chandigarh and several parts of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday remained enveloped under a thick blanket of fog for the second consecutive day. An envelope of dense fog on Thursday morning, reduced visibility to almost zero and disrupted the rail, road and air traffic.
The weather also affected flight operations at the Chandigarh airport. Overcast conditions were experienced in many parts of the region on Thursday. Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest in the region recording minimum temperature of 1.5 degree Celsius, four notches below normal and maximum temperature of 16.5 degree Celsius, three degrees below normal.The MeT Department has forecast that there would be no relief from foggy conditions in next 24 hours.