North India shivers, death toll 128

North India continued to shiver under cold wave conditions as icy winds lashed the region claiming five more lives pushing the country-wide death toll this winter to 128.

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Uttar Pradesh has been the most severe hit which has so far accounted for 88 fatalities.The capital, Delhi, has been badly hit by the cold snap, along with Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

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Chilly winds swept the state as mercury plunged to a low of 0.5 degrees Celsius in Najibabad area in Bijnor district.

The national capital witnessed coldest day of the season recording a minimum temperature of 3.3 deg C, five degrees below normal.

Kashmir Valley reeled under under bone-chilling cold with most places recording below sub-zero temperatures.

Hill resort Gulmarg endured intense cold registering a low of minus 11.6 deg C, a MeT official said.

The tourist resort of Pahalgam in South Kashmir recorded a low of minus 7.4 deg C against yesterday's minus 8.2 deg C.

In remote Leh district in Ladakh region, the minimum temperature rose by nearly three degrees to settle at minus 15 deg C, he said.

In summer capital Srinagar, the minimum temperature fell by 2.1 degrees Celsius compared to yesterday to settle at minus 3.3 deg C.

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Punjab and Haryana remained in the grip of a cold wave with Rohtak, the coldest place in the two states, reeling at minus 0.8 deg C.

Chilly winds blew across the Union Territory of Chandigarh which experienced the coldest day of the season with mercury plummeting to a low of 1.9 degrees Celsius.

Holy city Amritsar, Patiala and Ludhiana in Punjab recorded minimum temperatures of zero, 2.8 and 3.7 degrees respectively, the MeT office said.

Mercury dipped in Rajasthan with Churu recording the lowest temperature of the season at minus one degree Celsius,five notches below normal.
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Mount Abu, the only hill station in the state, recorded a low of one deg C.

Thick fog blanketed several places in the region hitting road and rail traffic. Several trains were running behind schedule, a Railway spokesman said.

Source: http://english.samaylive.com/nation-news/676498005/north-india-shivers-death-toll-128.html

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