Severe cold in Northwest, no relief likely for 3 days

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 19

Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh are in the grip of a severe cold wave, the Meteorological Department said on Sunday. People in Punjab and Haryana reeled under biting cold conditions with the holy city of Amritsar on Sunday recording a minimum temperature of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal.

Moderate fog was reported in Amritsar and Ludhiana. In Haryana, Sirsa was the coldest at 0.6 degrees Celsius. Churu in Rajasthan reported the lowest minimum temperature of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius in northwest India, followed by Sikar (minus 2.5 degrees Celsius) and Amritsar (minus 0.5 degrees Celsius). Delhi recorded a minimum of 4.6 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), cold to severe cold wave conditions are highly likely to continue over the next three days. Dense fog is predicted in Uttarakhand over the next two days and in Punjab and Haryana on December 23 and 24.