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Updated: Jan 10, 2020 09:38 IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): With heavy snowfall in neighbouring states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Delhi on
Friday continued to reel under bone-chilling conditions, with the minimum temperature recorded at 7.4 degrees Celsius.According to the India
Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature was recorded at 17 degrees Celsius with dense fog.Besides Delhi, cold wave
conditions persisted in a few pockets with severe cold wave conditions very likely in isolated pockets over Punjab and Haryana,
Chandigarh.According to SAFAR, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi docked at 215, which falls in the 'poor' category."It feels very
The city is surrounded by a blanket of fog which has lowered visibility
As cyclists, we have to come out and ride a bicycle even in chilly winter," a cyclist told ANI."We are fortunate to have access to all
But we are worried about the poor living on the streets
For them, it is very hard to survive in such weather
The government should work to ensure that the homeless are not inconvenienced," said another cyclist.According to Skymet, north winds are
cold due to successive Western Disturbances which have approached the Western Himalayas leading to variation in the wind direction
Another Western Disturbance will approach the Western Himalayas by January 11 and from January 12, the wind direction will once again change
from northerly to southeasterly leading to an increase in minimum temperature once again, it said.The IMD in its bulletin said that cold day
conditions in isolated pockets is very likely over Bihar and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim."Dense to very dense fog very likely in
isolated pockets over Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh, dense fog in a few pockets over Bihar and in
isolated pockets over Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Odisha," the weather
agency said.Ground frost in isolated pockets is very likely over Punjab and northwest Rajasthan, according to IMD
