Chandigarh: Bone-chilling cold tightened its grip over Punjab and neighbouring Haryana with Amritsar recording the lowest temperature of minus 2.1 deg C.
Mercury remained several notches below normal in most parts of both the states as prevailing cold conditions along with dense fog continued to hit normal life, throwing both rail and road traffic out of gear. Important trains including Shatabdi Express were running late by several hours.
Chandigarh recorded a low of 5.2 deg C, down by one deg C, Met department said here, adding that Hisar in Haryana registered a minimum of 2.7 deg C, 3 notches below normal. Ambala, Rohtak, Karnal and Narnaul recorded minimum temperatures of 4.9, 5.1, 5.2 and 2.5 deg C respectively. Ludhiana and Patiala recorded a minimum of 5.2 deg C and 5 deg C, two degrees below normal, they said, predicting that foggy weather will continue to prevail in various parts of the states while days will mainly remain dry.
PTI