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Cold claims 16 more lives as north India shivers, toll 100
Saturday January 05, 2013 07:53:49 PM,
IANS
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North India freezes, Delhi coldest in 43
years
The day began chilly and foggy in Delhi with minimum temperature
two notches below average at 4.8 degrees Celsius. The maximum
temperature was recorded 11 notches below average. It was this
cold the last time in 19
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New Delhi: North India
reeled under icy conditions Saturday with 16 people dying of the
intense cold in Uttar Pradesh Friday, officials said Saturday.
Over a hundred people have died so far in the bitter cold in
India.
Authorities ordered closure of all schools in Lucknow up to Class
8 till Jan 13.
The regional Met Office said the minimum temperature in Lucknow
was 2.1 degrees Celsius Saturday, which was five degrees below the
season's average.
The minimum temperature in Kanpur settled at 3.7 degrees Celsius,
while it was 4.7 degrees in Varanasi and 5.2 degrees Celsius in
Gorakhpur.
In New Delhi, fog delayed trains by over six hours, though flights
were not affected. Icy winds kept temperatures below average for
the past few days.
The Met office has forecast a cold and foggy weekend in Delhi.
Saturday's maximum temperature was 12.6 degrees Celsius, eight
notches below average for this time of the season. The minimum was
2.9 degrees, four notches below average, an official of the India
Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
"There is a heavy backlog leading to many delays and rescheduling
of trains. A total of 23 trains were delayed and 10 cancelled due
to fog," a Northern Railway spokesperson told IANS.
An official at Indira Gandhi International Airport said flight
operations were not affected.
"Due to a thick fog in the morning 23 flights operated in Low
Visibility Procedure (LVP) and one flight was delayed," an airport
official said.
The Met department has forecast similar weather conditions Sunday.
"The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 13
and 3 degrees Celsius respectively on Sunday," a Met official
said.
The national capital is experiencing intense cold conditions this
week with Friday being the coldest with the minimum temperature
dropping to this season's lowest of 2.7 degrees.
In the northern reaches, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir recorded
minus 5.4 degrees Celsius Friday night, the season's coldest.
The minimum temperature dropped to a bone-chilling minus 16.8
degrees in Leh town of the Ladakh region Saturday. It was minus
9.4 in Gulmarg ski resort and minus 5.4 in Pahalgam.
Parts of Dal Lake in Srinagar are frozen.
The cold wave continued to grip Himachal Pradesh Saturday with the
higher reaches experiencing temperatures below freezing point.
Saturday's minimum temperature in Shimla was 0.6 degrees Celsius,
two degrees below the average for this time of the year.
The minimum temperature in Manali settled at minus 1.8 degrees
Celsius, while it was minus 4.4 degrees in Kalpa in Kinnaur
district and minus 7.1 degrees in Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti
district.
Dharamsala, the seat of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama,
saw a low of 5.2 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature in Agra settled at 2.1 degrees Celsius
Saturday with a thick fog enveloping the city in the early hours.
The regional Met department office in the state capital Lucknow
said the temperature could drop to one degree Celsius in the next
two days.
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