The cold wave sweeping North India has claimed six more lives taking the death toll in the past three days to 11. As predicted by the met department, temperatures remained low and residents of New Delhi, who went to bed on a fog-enveloped Monday night, woke up to a foggy morning and a cloudy sky.

Schedules of around 40 flights were hit today as dense fog enveloped the Indira Gandhi International Airport for the third consecutive day, causing inconvenience to passengers. Airport sources said, as many as 29 domestic and international flights were delayed by half-an-hour to five hours and 10 were cancelled.The weather office has predicted a foggy morning but a clear sky in the later part of the day.

Uttar Pradesh has been the worst-hit, with the total number of deaths due to cold touching 10 in three days. The met department said, maximum temperature was below normal by 5-13 degree Celsius in parts of the state, . Lucknow recorded its coldest day of the past one year on Sunday when maximum temperature dropped to 11.6 degrees Celsius, 11 degrees below normal.
Dense fog affected air and rail traffic in Rajasthan, with the maximum impact being felt in Jaipur. Two Jaipur-bound flights were diverted and at least six early morning trains arrived late at Jaipur railway station. Mount Abu and Churu were the coldest areas recording a minimum temperature of 3.8 and 5.1 degree Celsius. Uttarakhand's hill districts bucked the trend, basking in sunshine.
Despite clear skies, there is no respite from the bone-chilling cold across the plains of Punjab and Haryana.
In Himachal, the minimum temperature at high altitude areas is hovering between -1 to -10 degrees Celsius. Keylong town of Lahaul-Spiti district is the coldest place in the state with minimum temperature hitting below -8 degrees Celsius. With 'white Christmas' giving yet another miss to tourist towns of Himachal, the New Year eve is expected to get some snow as Shimla Met department has predicted change in weather conditions after December 26 with rain and snow predicted.
Bihar was also hit by a cold wave and thick fog, disrupting rail and air services.