Cold wave continues to sweep North India

New Delhi: Intense cold wave continues to sweep north India.  Haryana government has decided to close all schools for two days due to biting cold. Dense fog has affected rail, road and air traffic in the region.  

Delhiites woke up to dense fog in the national capital this morning. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 3.4-degree celsius four notches below normal.  

In Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season. The fringes of the Dal Lake have frozen.  Met Department has predicted rains and snowfall in Kashmir on new year eve.  

Himachal Pradesh too is likely to witness snowfall on



new year eve.

In Ladakh, the severe cold weather conditions continue to unabated from the past week. Normal life remained affected with people preferring to stay indoors to avoid the cold weather.

The minimum temperatures have further fallen to minus 19 degrees to minus 29 in various parts of the region.

There is seems to no relief from the biting cold weather conditions. Due to extreme cold weather, Ladakh is in a frozen state now.

The water bodies Rivers, Canals and Lakes are frozen with a thick layer of sheets. People have to heat the tapes of water supply to get water supplies.