The cold wave sweeping north India showed no signs of relenting as temperatures settled below normal levels at most places.

Indian Air Force on Saturday ferried between Srinagar and Jammu 1,100 people stranded the two cities due to inclement weather.

Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, who supervised the operation, told reporters that IL-76 and AN-32 planes were pressed into service to lift the stranded people.

Six people including four foreign tourists injured in an avalanche in Gulmarg skiing resort in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday.

Police said, the avalanche occurred at Haptkhud trapping seven foreign tourists and three locals. A helicopter was pressed into service and all of them were rescued.

Meanwhile, Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been reopened for one way traffic. Authorities told AIR that stranded vehicles will be allowed to move from Srinagr to Jammu on Sunday.

AIR correspondent, severe cold wave conditions prevailed in Himachal Pradesh as the minimum dropped by few notches after fresh snowfall and rain in various parts of the state.

The key tourist resort of Manali recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.6 degrees, five notches below normal after mild snowfall. Shimla, which received 2.8 cm of snow, shivered at minus 1.2 deg C.

Bone chilling winds along with dense fog continued to affect normal life in Punjab and Haryana.

A thick blanket of fog engulfed several places in both the states affecting road and rail traffic.

Holy town Amritsar remained the coldest place in the region with mercury settling at 0.3 degrees, three notches below normal. Chandigarh had a low of 5.2 deg C.

In the national capital, the maximum temperature was recorded at 18.6 degree C, two notches below normal.

Cold wave is sweeping northern and eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh. It has affected normal life in the region forcing people indoors.