Cold wave conditions have intensified in Northern India. It has been a cold Sunday for Delhiites with a cool breeze maintaining the chill in the air. As mercury fell further, there wasn't much traffic on the roads as people stayed indoors in an attempt to keep them from the biting cold. With the Met Department predicting the temperature to drop to as low as 4 degrees in the coming days, the sale of electronic equipment like geysers and room heaters is picking up in the city. As a result, the consumption of electricity has increased significantly in the past one week. Winter shelters have come up under various flyovers in the Capital city and bonfires are a common sight along the roads. Going by the Met predictions, the relatively pleasant start to the New Year may not stay for long.In Uttar Pradesh, most of the places remained covered with fog and mist even during the day. However, brief sunshine gave some relief in Varanasi, Allahabad, and Jhansi. The day’s temperature hovered between 11 to 16 degrees Celsius across the state.AIR Gorakhpur correspondent reports that five deaths have been reported from different parts of the state.In Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang and Ziro witnessed extremely cold conditions during the day time even though the minimum temperatures settled a few notches above normal on Sunday. A thick blanket of fog at many places in the Tawang and Ziro affected normal life as vehicular movement was obstructed due to low visibility, according to sources. Higher reaches of the State received heavy snowfalls in the last few days bringing normal life to halt. Places like Mayudia in Dibang Valley, Vijaynagar in Changlang, Sela Pass in Tawang were all covered with snow. State Capital Itanagar is also reeling under severe cold.