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With the falling mercury, the entire North India is gripped in the grip of bitter cold. Severe cold continues in entire North India including the capital Delhi. Even today the morning of Delhi is very cold. Delhi was colder than many hill areas on Thursday as the mercury dropped to minus 3 degrees Celsius. Although relief is expected from tomorrow.
Fire support in severe winter in Delhi
In Delhi, people are resorting to fire to keep themselves warm amidst the severe cold and fog. This is the view of Delhi’s Nizamuddan area.
New Delhi | People light up bonfires to find respite from the prevailing cold wave and fog conditions in the national capital. Visuals from the Nizamuddin area pic.twitter.com/rMOU0R6Dbk
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2023
The minimum temperature was recorded at 2.2 degrees Celsius at Aya Nagar and Ridge Center in Delhi. This is the lowest January temperature in the last two years. Dense fog along with cold kept normal life out of gear. Visibility was recorded up to 50 meters at 5 am on Thursday. Similar weather patterns prevailed in UP, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. In UP, Jhansi remained the coldest city in the state with a temperature of 3.9 degrees Celsius. According to the Meteorological Department, there will be no respite from the cold for the next 24 hours.
Things will improve in North-West India from tomorrow:
According to the Meteorological Department, due to Western Disturbance, the situation will start improving from North-West India from January 7. Icy winds coming from the mountains forced people in the plains to hide in their homes.
14 trains affected by fog
According to a railway spokesperson, at least 12 trains reached New Delhi late by one-and-a-half to six hours and two had to be rescheduled. Delhi airport also issued an alert of low visibility due to fog.
Sikar is the coldest in the plains
Rajasthan’s Fatehpur (Sikar) was the coldest in the plains with minus 1.8 degrees. After this, Churu in Rajasthan was the second coldest place with minus 1.5 degrees Celsius. Gurdaspur in Punjab and Hissar in Haryana were the coldest with a minimum temperature of 2.2 degrees Celsius.
Delhi remained colder than Shimla-Mussoorie
According to the Meteorological Department, Delhi on Thursday from Dalhousie (4.9 degrees), Dharamshala (5.2 degrees), Kangra (3.2 degrees), Shimla (3.7 degrees), Dehradun (4.6 degrees), Mussoorie (4.4 degrees), Nainital (6.2 degrees) It was cold
Weather Update: Severe cold continues in North India, cold Delhi at three degrees, conditions will improve from tomorrow