Imagine it or not, Delhi’s minimal temperature on Thursday dropped to a few diploma Celsius – the bottom in January in two years – making it cooler than a number of hill stations.
Moreover Delhi, a number of elements of north India reeled below extreme chilly and dense fog affected railway motion.
Prime updates on chilly wave in north India:
> A lot on anticipated strains, Delhi’s minimal temperature was decrease than Dalhousie (4.9 diploma Celsius), Dharamshala (5.2 diploma Celsius), Kangra (3.2 diploma Celsius), Shimla (3.7 diploma Celsius), Dehradun (4.6 diploma Celsius), Mussoorie (4.4 diploma Celsius) and Nainital (6.2 diploma Celsius), in response to the Meteorological (MeT) Division.
> Jammu and Kashmir too noticed a dip in temperature, with capital Srinagar recording its coldest evening of the season to this point at minus 6.4 diploma Celsius on Wednesday evening towards minus 5.2 diploma Celsius the evening earlier than.
> The India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned dense fog blanketed a number of elements of north India and the scenario would proceed within the coming weeks.
> At the least 12 trains had been delayed by one-and-a-half to 6 hours and two rescheduled as a result of foggy climate, a railways spokesperson mentioned.
> The Delhi airport has additionally issued a fog alert, saying low visibility procedures had been in progress.
> For Rajasthan, the meteorological workplace has issued an ‘orange alert’ indicating that the acute chilly wave could proceed in lots of districts, together with Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Jhunjhunu and Karauli. The desert state continued to reel below intense chilly circumstances with Churu and Sikar recording sub-zero minimal temperatures.
> In most elements of Rajasthan, the minimal temperature remained beneath 4 diploma Celsius, whereas dense fog additionally enveloped many locations on Thursday morning.
> There was no let-up within the biting chilly that has been sweeping Punjab and Haryana for the previous a number of days, with minimal temperatures on Thursday once more hovering beneath regular limits at many locations. Gurdaspur was the coldest place in Punjab recording a minimal temperature of two.2 diploma Celsius.
> In Haryana, biting chilly prevailed in Hisar, which recorded a minimal temperature of two.2 diploma Celsius.
> The IMD issued an ‘orange alert’ for average to dense fog in six divisions and 15 districts in Madhya Pradesh.
> In Gujarat’s Kutch district, Naliya village recorded the state’s lowest temperature at 2 diploma Celsius.
(With inputs from PTI)