A thick blanket of fog enveloped severa♒l parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday morning as cold weather conditions continued to prevail in the two states.
Fog reduced visibility at several places in the morning, a Meteorological Department official said. He said very dense fog was reported from Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Halwara, Bathinda and Faridkot in Pun♍jab and Karnal, Hisar, Ambala and Sirsa in Haryana.
Meanwhile, in Haryana, Hisar recorded a minimum temperature of﷽ 7 degrees Celsius while Rohtak's minimum settled at 8.4 degrees Celsius. Fatehabad registered a minimum temperature of 6.9 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, Pathankot, Bathinda, Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala experienced a cold night recording respective minimum temperatures of 6.5 degrees Celsius, 6.4 degrees Celsius, 7.5 degrees Celsius, 7 💙degrees Celsius, 8.2 degrees Celsius, 7.2 degrees Celsius and 8.6 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the common 𒅌capital of the two states, recorded a low of 8 degrees Celsius.