Panjab, Haryana face fog chaos
December 27th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANSChandigarh, Dec 27 (IANS) A thick blanket of fog engulfed most parts of Punjab and Haryana Monday, disrupting both rail and road traffic. Met officials have predicted similar conditions to prevail in this region in the coming days.The fog enveloped different cities like Ambala, Bhiwani, Karnal, Hisar, Rohtak, Patiala, Ludhiana and Amritsar.
“We expect foggy conditions to continue during early mornings and late evenings in the next couple of days. The fog brought down visibility level, reducing road traffic movement to a snail’s pace at various places. Trains were also running late,” a weather official said Monday.
He added that the cold waves sweeping most parts of Punjab and Haryana Monday brought down the mercury level below the normal.
In a fog-related accident, three members of a family were killed when their car collided with a truck due to poor visibility on the Hisar-Delhi national highway Sunday evening.
Haryana’s Narnaul city was coldest in the region with a minimum temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius - five degrees below normal.
Ambala recorded 3 degrees, four notches below average, whereas Hisar saw 4.8, one degree below normal.
Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded a minimum temperature of 5.3 degrees Celsius, one degree less than the normal.
In Punjab, Amritsar was the coldest Monday at 2.4 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal, while Ludhiana and Patiala registered 2.6 and 4.5 degrees, respectively.
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