New Delhi, January 18
A thick blanket of fog covered parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh for the second consecutive day today even as minimum temperatures soared by three degrees Celsius at some places.
Rail, road and air traffic in the region was affected due to zero visibility. Kingfisher, Go Air, Air India and Jet Airways flights from Chandigarh airport remained affected while several trains passing through the region ran very late.
Poor visibility because of dense fog affected plying of vehicles on the national and state highways.
In the national capital, cold wave maintained its grip though the minimum temperature rose marginally to settle at 8.2°C. The minimum temperature was 7.7°C yesterday.
Met office said the maximum at 14.3°C was seven degrees below
normal. The city experienced shallow fog in the morning but it did not affect flights.
Scores of rail passengers bore the brunt of the foggy weather as more than 50 trains were cancelled across north India.
What’s worse is that the weatherman has predicted more fog and intense cold conditions in the region in next two days.
Amritsar remained the coldest in the plains at 0.4°Celsius, four notches below normal. Further dip in temperature was expected in parts of Punjab and Haryana because of the northerly, northwesterly winds over Indo-Gangetic plains, a Met official said.
