Winter chill News
Cold wave conditions are very likely in isolated pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha, Bihar and Chhattisgarh during next 2-3 days and over Odisha during January 28 to 30.
At 4.1 degrees Celsius, the minimum temperature at Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, was five notches below normal on Tuesday morning.
IMD forecasts fall in temperature over northwest India.
No significant change in minimum temperatures.
Cold to severe cold day conditions likely in Punjab, Haryana.
From January 4 onwards, the temperature would fall to five degrees, the IMD said.
A large part of North India continues to remain under the grip of cold wave, which affected the normal life and led to the cancellation of several trains and delayed flight operations on Thursday.
Thousands of passengers were stranded on Friday as 42 trains were delayed and four cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India.
Railways had undertaken a demolition drive at Shakur Basti on Satuday removing about 1,200 slums and shops in the area. The drive caused a storm over the death of a child in the area.
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