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Cold conditions prevail in North

Toll in weather-related incidents in UP rises to 190; air traffic affected
Last Updated 14 January 2015, 18:29 IST

Along with the prevailing cold wave, spells of rain in the Kashmir Valley and parts of Punjab and Haryana brought down temperatures further on Wednesday. Uttar Pradesh, meanwhile, saw mercury plummeting even without witnessing significant rainfall.

In the Valley, after some scant snowfall in the upper reaches and a brief spell of rain in the plains, weather conditions largely improved as minimum temperatures rose. A Met office spokesman, however, said the temperature would go down in the next four to five days.

For Wednesday, though, the effects of the biting cold wave were not felt as much because of overcast skies. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 2.7 degrees Celsius while ski resort Gulmarg and hill resort Pahalgam witnessed minus 3.6 and 0.4 degrees respectively.

In Leh town of the Ladakh region, the minimum temperature rose remarkably to minus 3.4 degrees Celsius from the previous night’s minus 7.4, the Met spokesman said.

He added that the neighbouring Kargil town recorded minus 9 degrees Celsius, as against minus 10 degrees the previous night. Jammu city recorded a maximum temperature of 9.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.

To the south of Jammu and Kashmir, there was fresh snowfall in Himachal Pradesh and Shimla, which in turn worsened the cold weather conditions Punjab and Haryana.

Chandigarh and other parts of the two states witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall, leading to the overall temperature of the region falling below normal. The capital city shivered at a low of 5.8 degrees Celsius.

There was extreme fog in several parts of Punjab and Haryana, especially during the first half of Wednesday. A few trains originating and reaching Chandigarh and Ambala were behind schedule due to poor visibility. Air traffic in Chandigarh, too, was affected.

A lot of tourists from Chandigarh went to hill capital Shimla, which is a three hour drive away, to enjoy fresh bouts of snowfall.

While Uttar Pradesh did not witness significant rainfall, the mercury fell below four degrees in some places. Hamirpur in the state recorded a temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsius and was the coldest place in the state on Wednesday. Dense fog adversely affected movement of trains and flights, reports said.

The toll in cold-related incidents in the state so far has risen to 190 with the death of five people in Barabanki and Chitrakoot districts in the past 24 hours. The weather office said that there would be no respite from the biting cold in the next few days.
DH News Service

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(Published 14 January 2015, 18:29 IST)

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