A thick blanket of fog disrupted normal life at many places as there was no let up in the cold wave conditions sweeping most parts of Punjab and Haryana for the past several days, with Amritsar again reeling under severe chill at 0.4 degrees Celsius.
A MeT official said in Amritsar that fog also reduced visibility this morning at places including Amritsar, Patiala and Ludhiana in Punjab and at Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra among other places in Haryana while misty conditions prevailed at some other places in the region. Amritsar again was the coldest place in the two states recording a four degrees below normal minimum temperature, the official said.
While Amritsar's minimum was identical to the one recorded on Saturday, Adampur in Jalandhar district registered a low of 0.5 degree Celsius, a slight decrease since Saturday. Ludhiana and Patiala, too, experienced the chill recording respective below normal lows of 5.4 degree Celsius and 6.2 degree Celsius.
Biting cold conditions continued at Hisar, which turned out to be the coldest place in Haryana at a low of 2.1 degree Celsius, down three notches while Narnaul's minimum settled at 2.5 degree Celsius. Bhiwani also reeled under piercing cold recording below normal minimum of 4 degree Celsius while Ambala registered a minimum temperature of 7.5 degree Celsius.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, also experienced a cold night at 5.7 degree Celsius. Foggy conditions prevailed this morning on the outskirts of the City.
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