Chandigarh: Dense fog enveloped many parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Wednesday affecting normal life even as bitter cold persisted in the region.
Fog affected normal movement of trains passing through the two states and many were delayed by hours, railway sources said. It reduced visibility at Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Jalandhar while in Haryana, it prevailed in Rohtak, Karnal, Ambala, Panipat and Kurukshetra.
Visibility levels also dropped due to fog for the second day today in Chandigarh, where the minimum temperature settled at 6.2 degree Celsius. Amritsar continued to be the coldest place in the two states recording a minimum temperature of 3.4 degree Celsius, the MeT Office said here.
Ludhiana, too, experienced a cold night at 5 degree Celsius, down one while Patiala was even colder at 4.6 degree Celsius. In Haryana, cold weather prevailed in Hisar, where the minimum was 3.9 degree Celsius, down one degree. Rohtak was also cold at 5.6 degree Celsius while Karnal and Ambala recorded identical minimums at 5.8 degree Celsius.
The MeT has forecast that fog will again occur in the region tomorrow.
PTI