No respite from bitter chill in North India
PTI | 05:01 PM,Jan 13,2012New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) There was no respite today from the bitter chill for residents of North India where more than 150 people have died due to the extreme weather so far. It was another chilly morning for capital denizens as cold winds kept the mercury at below normal levels. The minimum temperature was recorded at 5.5 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal and up from yesterday's 5.3 degrees. Though there was marginal increase in night temperatures, the wind chill factor added to the cold in the city. A shallow fog was also witnessed in the morning. The Weatherman has predicted similar weather conditions for the next couple of days with temperature oscillating between seven and 21 degrees Celsius. In Kashmir Valley, freezing cold prevailed. Kargil town in Ladakh recorded a minimum temperature of minus 19.6 degrees Celsius becoming the coldest place of the region this season. Leh town, also in Ladakh region, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 18.2 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg skiing resort in north Kashmir was the coldest place in the Valley where mercury settled at minus 16.5 degrees C last night. The night temperature dipped in south Kashmir's Pahalgam resort to minus 12.2 degrees C. The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, continued to remain in the grip of intense cold as the night temperature settled at minus 3.6 degrees Celsius. The extreme chill across the Valley has resulted in immense hardships to the residents with water supply lines frozen. Dal Lake and other water bodies have also been partially frozen. MORE
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