MP gets brief respite from cold

Bhopal, Feb 15 (UNI) A slight rise in mercury provided respite to Madhya Pradesh denizens although cold wave prevailed in the state's eastern and northern regions.

''Rewa was the state's coldest town at two degree Celsius,'' a Regional Meteorological Centre official said.

The night temperature in the state capital was recorded at 10.6 C.

The cold wave has claimed four lives in this state so far.

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