Cold wave unabated in North India, 13 more die in UP

New Delhi, Dec 30: The entire North India continued to remain in the grip of severe cold with 13 more people succumbing to the chill in

, even as the mercury went up by a few notches in Delhi,

and Haryana.

Delhiites basked under a sunny weather today with the sky remaining clear for most part of the day after a misty morning. Both maximum and minimum temperatures remained a degree above normal to settle at 21.4 and 8.5 degrees Celsius respectively against yesterday's 19 and 6.3 degrees.

The Met office forecasts mainly a clear sky with mist or fog in the morning for tomorrow. Uttar Pradesh, however, continued to reel under biting cold with 13 more persons dying in the state, taking the toll this winter to 62.

While four persons lost their lives in Hathras district, three died in Kanpur Dehat, followed by two each in Mirzapur and Lalitpur and one each in Chitrakoot and Banda districts.

Muzaffarnagar and Kanpur City remained the coldest places with each recording a minimum of 2 degrees, Met sources said.

Night temperature remained to hover below normal in most parts of the state, dipping by as much as 6 to 11 degrees. In Himachal also, night temperatures plummeted in the mid and lower hills and hovered around freezing point.

Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district remained the coldest place with a low of minus 4 degrees, followed by Kalpa in Kinnaur district with minus 2.6 degree Celsius.

PTI