PHOTOS: North India gets the shivers and chills

In North India, the sweaters and shawls are out and the coals are burning. The entire region has been hit with a cold wave and the upper areas have even experienced snowfall.

The temperatures have dipped in the nation’s capital, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and other northern states.

And even as bone-chilling conditions are set to engulf most parts of northern India, weather experts warned that they are just a taste of the biting days to come. 

Here are some images of the biting cold.

Vehicles move slowly on a snow covered street after Shimla experienced its first snowfall on Saturday. In fact, on Monday, several of Himachal’s roads were blocked owing to the snow and officials were busy clearing the streets. Photograph: PTI photo

Most of the streets look like they have been covered with a white blanket after the snowfall. Photograph: PTI photo

And with the biting cold, comes out the woolen clothes that have been lying at the back of our cupboards. People bundle up in warm clothes in Bikaner to fight the cold after temperatures drastically dipped in the area. Photograph: PTI photo

Now, this is what you call a view! Mountains are covered in snow in Uttarkashi. Temperatures have plunged and the area also experienced rain and thundershowers over the weekend. Photograph: PTI photo

The cold climate also led to heavy fog in the nation’s capital. Delhi experienced heavy fog making travel a bit more cumbersome. Photograph: PTI photo

People in Allahabad take some solace from the cold by warming themselves in front of a fire. Photograph: PTI photo

However, the weather was not a dampener for exercising youths. All bundled up, men took to the streets to cycle and perhaps, work out a sweat. Photograph: PTI photo

A man exercises under a tree amid fog on a cold winter morning in Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters