Mercury touched a new low in Rajasthan claiming two lives in Bundi even as temperature in Churu dipped below zero for the first time this season. A Met department report said Pilani, recorded a minimum of minus 0.8 Celsius while in hilly region, Mount Abu continued to reel in zero degree Celsius.

In the national capital, people continued to shiver as mercury fell to the season's lowest of 1.9 degree Celsius, five notches below normal. Meanwhile, foggy weather continues to hamper road and rail traffic in the city. More than 13 Delhi-bound trains have been cancelled whereas 40 are delayed by several hours.

Meanwhile, the neighbouring Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh witnessed aggravated intense cold wave conditions in many areas with minimum temperatures plunging below zero degree Celsius in Hisar and Narnaul, claiming six lives. Thick blanket of fog continued to play havoc with normal life in the entire region, reducing visibility to just few metres even as the MeT forecast further drop in minimum temperature.