New Delhi: North India on Thursday reeled under a severe cold wave, which claimed the lives of seven persons bringing the total number of people who succumbed to the extreme weather this season to 142.
Two women were among four persons who lost their lives due to severe cold in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has been under the grip of a cold wave for the past few days.
Night temperatures fell appreciably in Varanasi, Faizabad, Lucknow, Jhansi divisions yesterday. They were below normal in Jhansi, Agra, Moradabad, Meerut, Kanpur and Bareilly divisions. Biting cold continued unabated as mercury remained below normal despite sunshine in most parts of Himachal Pradesh where three persons died in heavy snowstorm over the last few days. The minimum temperature stayed at minus 1.8 degree and minus 2 degree Celsius at the state capital Shimla and key tourist resort of Manali which experienced 10 cm and 20 cm of fresh snow. Three persons died during the recent snowstorm in Chamba — two in Kidi belt and one in snowbound Kandla– where a dozen houses also collapsed due to heavy snow. Breaking a 16-year-old record, the mercury in Kashmir Valley stayed below the freezing point for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday. (PTI)