Cold wave conditions in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh are continuing. The lowest minimum temperature recorded in Punjab is in Adampur near Jalandhar where people shivered at -0.6 degree celcius. <br/>Although there was some respite in industrial town Ludhiana and the former princely state Patiala where the temperature was recorded at 3.4 and 6.1 degree Celsius, a bit higher as compare to a day before, but the chill was enough for living beings to shiver. Amritsar was remained cold with 0.2 degree celcius. The Chandigarh recorded 1.2 degree celcius. In Haryana the Karnal was the coldest with 4.4 degree Celsius.Morning Fog is disrupting rail, road and air traffic. People are seen sitting near fire on the roadsides to warm themselves. Traders dealing in warm clothes are doing brisk business.In the Kashmir valley, the dry spell have increased the cold wave making lives of the people miserable. Weather Department has predicted that there will be no snowfall or rains during next 24 hours. Tourists places of Pahalgam and other adjoining areas are facing severe cold wave conditions and the temperature has dipped out to minus whereas day temperature is also around 7 degree celcius. The people of valley are facing power cut which had made the situation more bad. The Met Department has not predicted snowfall or rains in next 24 hours which may affect the weather condition in the whole valley.<br/>In Uttar Pradesh, spine chilling cold conditions continued to prevail in the eastern parts of the state. City of Taj Agra recorded the lowest temperature at 4.6 degrees Celsius. Night temperature fell appreciably in Allahabad division. The weather office has forecast that the cold day condition would likely abate over eastern-UP during the next two days.<br/>AIR Lucknow correspondent reports, death toll has reached 39 with 7 more deaths due to nippy weather in the state during last 24 hours. Heavy foggy conditions have badly disrupted rail and road traffic . In many districts school and colleges have been closed due to bad weather conditions.<br/>The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation has witnessed tripping of transmission lines due the deadly mix of heavy fog and air pollutants. The incident left large parts of western Uttar Pradesh power less for nearly five hours. <br/>In Uttarakhand, foggy conditions prevail in major parts of the state. Met department predicted cloudy sky during coming two-three days. A thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital New Delhi this morning, adding to the woes of commuters as normal visibility has been reduced considerably. Vehicles were seen plying with fog lights on. <br/>Meanwhile, 18 domestic and six international flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport have been delayed because of dense fog.
News On AIR | January 2, 2010 9:25 AM
Cold wave intensify in North India