Cold wave grip over north India, fog delays 26 trains

People in Delhi were seen lighting up bonfires to find respite amid the prevailing cold wave and fog conditions.

Updated on: Jan 06, 2023 3:26 PM IST

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Delhi on Friday recorded a cold wave for a second day in a row and according to the India Metrological Department (IMD), similar conditions will continue all over north India and the national capital in the first half of the next week as well.  (HT Photo/Sanjeev Verma)

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People in Delhi were seen lighting up bonfires to find respite amid the prevailing cold wave and fog conditions.  (HT Photo/Sanjeev Verma)

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The weather is posing challenges to homeless people and animals. Several night shelters have been arranged for the homeless people in Delhi.  (PTI)

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As per the India Meteorological Department, due to the continued prevailing light winds and high moisture near the surface over Indo-Gangetic plains, dense to very dense fog is very likely to continue in many pockets during night or morning hours. The area affected would be over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh 1st half of the week. Dense fog will continue thereafter in isolated pockets over Rajasthan.  (HT Photo/Sanjeev Verma)

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"Dense fog in isolated pockets is very likely over North Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam &Meghalaya and Nagaland Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during 1 st half of the week; over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during the next 24 hours," as per the IMD.  (PTI)

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"197 shelter homes have been built across Delhi," Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board member Vipin Rai was quoted by saying news agency ANI.  (REUTERS)

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"250 temporary tents are set up in different areas of Delhi, in which beds, blankets, etc. are arranged for people to stay. Kashmere Gate, AIIMS, Yamuna Pusta, Bangla Sahib etc. are the areas where tents have been set up," he said. (HT Photo)