A thick blanket of fog disrupted normal life in most parts of Punjab, Haryana and their joint capital - Chandigarh for the third consecutive day.
Dense fog continued to hit road, rail and air travel across the region on Wednesday. Overcast conditions prevailed in various parts of the region and the maximum temperature levels continued to plunge below normal levels. The Chandigarh Meteorological department has forecast overcast conditions with a possibility of rain or thundershowers on December 22 and December 23 in some parts of Punjab and Haryana.
There will be no respite from the dense fog in the coming days. The Met department has predicted that very dense fog (visibility less than 50 mt) may occur in Punjab and Haryana in next 48 hours. Chandigarh recorded a minimum temperature of 7.8 and maximum temperature recorded was 20 degrees Celsius, one degree below normal.