Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters
People across north India continue to face the wrath of the dipping mercury as the cold wave further intensified in several parts.
North India feels the chill as mercury plummets
Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
In Uttar Pradesh, cold wave has claimed two more lives in the last 24 hours.
The toll in the state during this season has gone up to 97.
The day's maximum temperature remained 2 to 10 degrees below normal in most parts of the state.
In the plains of Punjab and Haryana, Narnaul braved the lowest temperature with a minimum of 1.9 degree Celsius.
Churu in Rajasthan also recorded a minimum temperature of 1.9 degree Celsius, 2 degrees below normal.
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North India feels the chill as mercury plummets
Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
An unabated cold wave also swept through Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, leaving residents distressed and forcing them to stay within the confines of their houses.
A common sight was of people sitting around bonfires, wearing woollens to warm themselves.
Mahender Singh, a resident, said that the dipping mercury results in freezing of water particularly in mornings and evenings.
"It is extremely cold and the skies are clear at night, Due to snowfall, there is extreme cold here. It is difficult to step out of our houses and places at high altitudes are even worse, as water taps have also frozen," he said.
The cold wave turned to be a boon for roadside tea vendors, as people were seen sipping hot ginger tea to fight the chill.
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