A thick blanket of fog engulfed most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Thursday morning, disrupting the normal life even as minimum temperatures settled close to normal levels in the region.
Rail, road and air traffic were affected due to poor visibility, affecting flights and trains which were running behind schedule.
Narnaul in Haryana was the coldest in the region settling at minimum temperature of 4.5 degree Celsius. Punjab’s holy city Amritsar recorded minimum temperature at 5 degree Celsius.
The union territory of Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana recorded minimum temperature at 7degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, ludhiana settled at a low of 7.3 degree Celsius while Patiala saw minimum temperature at 9.4 degree Celsius.
Among other places, Haryana’s Karnal district recorded minimum temperature at 8.6 degree Celsius, Hissar also settled at a minimum of 8.6 degree Celsius and Ambala saw 9.3 degrees.
The neighboring hilly state of Himachal Pradesh also experienced cold conditions with Manali settling at a low of zero degree Celsius. Among other places, people in Kalpa shivered at 1 degrees, Bhuntar recorded 1.1 degree Celsius, Sundernagar saw 2.5 degrees Celsius, Shimla 5.6 degree Celsius and Una saw a low of 6 degree Celsius.