New Delhi: Several areas of Punjab, Haryana
and Chandigarh remained engulfed in dense fog on Monday though
cold wave abated in many parts of north India where 545 people
have died so far this winter.
All the ten fresh deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh,
which alone accounts for 516 casualties.
In the national capital, people enjoyed a warm day in the
absence of fog, but several trains were either cancelled or
rescheduled due to spillover effect of major fog-induced
disruptions last week.
However, flight operations at the IGI airport here were
normal this morning after remaining disrupted for a week.
Poor visibility due to heavy fog affected normal life in
many parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh where several
trains bound for Amritsar, Pathankot, Bathinda, Chandigarh and
Kalka ran hours behind schedule. Vehicles moved at a very slow
pace on the national and state highways due to bad visibility.
Some airlines, including Jet and Kingfisher, however,
resumed their operations after a week at Chandigarh airport.
Amritsar was the coldest place in Punjab with a low of
minus 0.4 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal while
Ludhiana registered a low of 4.2 deg C.
People in Jammu and Kashmir got some respite after days of
intense chill as the sun shone brightly.
Srinagar recorded a minimum of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius
against minus 1.2 deg C yesterday and Pahalgam a low of minus
1.5 deg C. Jammu recorded a minimum of 6.8 deg C.
Temperature also rose in Ladakh region with Leh recording
a low of minus 10 deg C against minus 12.8 deg C yesterday.
Kargil had a minimum of minus 5 deg C.
PTI
First Published: Monday, January 25, 2010, 23:21