New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) A cold wave continued to sweepparts of north India with the minimum temperature remainingunder the freezing point in Kashmir and higher reaches ofHimachal Pradesh.
The minimum temperature in Kashmir division, includingLadakh region, remained several degrees below the freezingpoint due to dry weather.
The night temperature across the valley, except inGulmarg, rose last night, while it went marginally down inLadakh region.
Leh town, in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, recordedthe minimum temperature of minus 15.2 degrees Celsius.
Biting cold wave continued unabated in Himachal Pradeshand Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district recorded alow of minus 8.5 degrees Celsius.
Water pipes froze and burst at many places, thick groundfrost occurred in mid and higher hills while fog engulfedtowns along the river banks in the morning hours, disruptingvehicular traffic.
Foggy weather conditions caused travel disruptions inDelhi in the early part of the day and the mercury dipped to5.7 degrees Celsius. The city had a high of 25 degrees Celsiusowing to a sun-washed afternoon.
The weather in Uttar Pradesh remained dry, with dense tovery dense fog occurring at a few places in the eastern partsand shallow to moderate fog at isolated places in the west.
According to the MeT department here, cold wave occurredat isolated places in eastern areas of the state.
Four men in Lucknow died of suspected asphyxiation afterthey kept burning coal inside a glass cabin in which they weresleeping to protect themselves from the intense cold.
Adampur reeled at 2.2 degrees Celsius as there was nolet-up in the cold wave sweeping across Haryana and Punjab forthe past three weeks with minimum temperature hovering in therange of 2-5 degrees Celsius at most places.
Sriganganagar was recorded as the coldest place inRajasthan with a minimum temperature of 3.2 degrees Celsiusfollowed by Churu which shivered at 3.5 degrees Celsius.
Biting cold conditions eased a little in the western andsouthern parts of West Bengal with rise in night temperature,while the northern and eastern districts continued to sufferfrom severe cold conditions.
Coochbehar in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal recorded thelowest temperature in the state's plains at 5.2 degreesCelsius. PTI TEAMAAR.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.