People continue to shiver in North West

Chandigarh, Jan 14 (UNI) It was a partly cloudy day today, as people continued to shiver under the cold wave conditions in north-west India with the mercury staying two degree to four degrees celsius below normal in the plains.

The mercury continued to be below the zero degree celsius mark at Amritsar and Adampur, near Jalandhar, the two coldest places in the plains.

At Chandigarh, Karnal, Ludhiana, Patiala and Narnaul the night temperatures were two to four degrees below normal. In Himachal Pradesh the higher reaches were cold with Kalpa freezing at minus 5.5 degrees.

Cold wave conditions prevailing at many places in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are likely to continue in the next two days, according to the Weather Office here. The weather is expected to be cloudy but dry in Punjab and Haryana, while in the higher reaches of HP, snow is expected.

In Punjab, Adampur continued to be the coldest place, recording the minimum temperature at minus 0.8 degrees, followed by Amritsar registering minus 0.4 degrees celsius, four degrees below normal.

Ludhiana recorded 4.6 degrees, Patiala 5.4 degrees celsius and Pathankot 3.0 degrees.

Cold wave also swept Haryana with Narnaul in Mahendergarh district recording 1.3 degrees celsius. The minimum settled at 4.0 degrees at Karnal, three degrees below normal, 4.0 degrees at Hisar and 5.1 degrees celsius at Ambala.

Cold wave conditions prevailed in Chandigarh and its adjoining areas as the mercury stayed low. The city recorded the minimum at 5.0 degrees celsius which was still two degrees below normal.

Himachal Pradesh also continued to be under the imapct of cold wave, as icy cold winds from the higher reaches swept across the valleys. Sundernagar in Mandi district recorded the minimum at minus 0.5 degrees while Bhuntar in Kullu district reported minus 0.8 degrees, two degrees below normal.

The capital town of Shimla also reeled under the cold wave with the night temperature hovering at 1.5 degrees, one degree below normal.

UNI