Winter chill grips northern region

Cold wave maintained its grip over north India as mercury dipped further in several parts of the region with Amritsar recording a low of zero degree Celsius.

Cold wave maintained its grip over north India on Monday as mercury dipped further in several parts of the region with Amritsar recording a low of zero degree Celsius.

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The winter chill further aggravated in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh with the mercury nosediving by up to seven degrees below normal, while several parts of the region remained covered in thick fog.

Amritsar was the coldest place in the region, recording a minimum of zero degree Celsius, down by four notches from normal, Met office said.

Ludhiana and Patiala also saw minimum temperature going down by up to six degrees and settling at 0.2 C and 2.4 C respectively. In Haryana, Ambala and Rohtak recorded a low of 0.3 C and 0.9 C with mercury falling by seven and five degrees respectively below normal.

The mercury in Chandigarh dipped to 3.2, which was three degrees less than the normal.

People in Himachal Pradesh had no respite from cold conditions with higher reaches remaining under sub zero temperatures while chilly winds swept lower areas.

Keylong, headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti district, with a night temperature of minus 9.7 degree Celsius remained the coldest place in the hill state, Met office said.

Elsewhere in the state, Kullu settled at a low of 0.4 and Sundernagar at 0.2 degree Celsius.