Intense cold wave is sweeping across Orissa's Kandhmal district for the last one week paralysing normal life. The minimum temperature plummeted to 4.2 degree celsius today. Normal life was severely affected in Daringbadi, Kotagarh, Tumudibandha, Balliguda, Raikia, Phulbani and Tikabali due to cold. The homeless people have become the worst victim of the intense cold. Some farmers say that vegetable cultivation and Rabi crops will be damaged if such a condition persists.