'Killer Coldwave': 73 killed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand

Dus, the coldest city in the country with minus 28 degrees

(PTI) New Delhi / Lucknow / Patna, Ta. December 29, 2019, Sunday

Blizzard has plagued all over North India and Bihar, Jharkhand. In north India, the stagnant cooling has increased with record declining temperatures day and night.

Due to the cold, 54 people were killed in different parts of Uttar Pradesh while 15 people were killed in Bihar. However, the governments of both states did not confirm the deaths due to the cold.

In the last 24 hours, cold has claimed four lives in Jharkhand. On the other hand, cold weather has remained unchanged in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Srinagar, the new union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded the coldest night of the season, while Rajasthan's Jaipur recorded the lowest temperature of the last 50 years.

39 people have lost their lives in Kanpur, Bundelkhand and surrounding districts of Uttar Pradesh. They include 21 people in Kanpur, 4-4 in Fatehpur and Hamirpur, 3-3 in Unnao and Mahoba, two in Jhansi.

Nine people lost their lives due to the cold in the eastern districts including Varanasi. The entire north-west is shaken due to the snowy northwest snow coming from the snow-covered Uttarakhand Mountains. The drastic cooling has increased due to the drastic drop in day and night temperature.

In Bihar, 10 people were killed while two went missing in Betiya, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Motihari, Madhubani and two in Araria. However, the disaster management department of the Bihar government did not confirm a single death due to the cold. In Jharkhand, one person has been killed in Gumla, Hazaribagh, Ramgarh and Ranchi in the last 24 hours.

Lucknow with a temperature of 6.9 degrees

Cold wave became more intense in many parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. According to the meteorological department, the eastern and western parts of the state are expected to receive rain on Tuesday. Visibility was reduced in several places in the state due to moderate to heavy fog on Sunday. Lucknow recorded a temperature of 6.9 degrees. Keeping in view the record-breaking cold, the district administration directed the schools to be closed for students from pre-primary to grade-8. The weather was mostly dry and cold in the state.

Temperatures of 5.3 degrees in Gaya, Bihar

Cold care remained unchanged throughout Bihar including Patna. The minimum temperature in Gaya, Bihar, was recorded at 5.3 degrees on Sunday while cooling was due to return winds and fog. The Met office said the minimum temperature in Patna was 6.8 degrees on Sunday, 7.3 degrees in Bhagalpur and 6.3 degrees in Purnia. In Patna, people are not likely to get cold relief for the next one or two days.

Coldwave's longest spell in 22 years in Delhi

The longest cold wave has been seen in Delhi in the last 22 years. However, northwesterly winds are likely to provide relief to the residents of Delhi from Monday as the east winds change on Sunday, the Meteorological Department said. Cold day and cold wave declined on Sunday due to changing wind direction.

Sevier Cold Day started in Delhi on December 14th. The minimum temperature was 3.4 degrees below average four degrees during this time. Delhi-NCR is expected to receive light rain and hail from January 1st to January 3rd, the Meteorological Department said.

Two days of schools closed in Haryana

In some areas of Haryana, the minimum temperature was below zero. As a result, the government decided to close the schools till Tuesday. Then, from 1st to 15th January, schools will be closed due to winter holidays in the state. In Haryana, the temperature during the day is 10 to 13 degrees Celsius. Was going

The river Indus froze in Leh

Dal Lake was frozen on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir while the Indus river was frozen in Leh. Temperatures remained unchanged in Jammu and Kashmir. The coldest night of the season was felt in Srinagar, where the mercury was minus 6.2 degrees Celsius. Was recorded. Temperatures in the Kashmir Valley and the Union Territory of Ladakh were below several degrees below freezing point, the Meteorological Department said.

In Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, snowy Banihal recorded minus 2.2 degrees Celsius while Doda Bhedarwah recorded minus 0.8 degrees Celsius. In Jammu, the minimum temperature was minus 5.7 degrees while the base camp in Vishnu Devi recorded a minimum temperature of 3.3 degrees.

Gulmarg's ski resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 6.6 degrees. The temperature in Leh, the new union territory of Ladakh, was minus 19 degrees while Dras was minus 28.7 degrees. The weather department said that rain and snowfall is expected to provide partial relief to the people on New Year's Eve.

Partial rainfall potential in Himachal

Even in Himachal Pradesh, people are not likely to get cold relief from the possibility of snowfall in many places on New Year's Eve. Partial rainfall is expected in the plains areas on January 1st and 2nd. In many parts of the state, the minimum temperature was two degrees below normal on Sunday. In Killong, the minimum temperature was minus 11 degrees. While Manali, Solan, Bhutan, beautiful town and Kalp, the temperature remained below zero.

Minus 3 degrees in Abu Dhabi

Jaipur, Rajasthan, recorded the lowest minimum temperature in 50 years. The minimum temperature was recorded at 1.4 degrees on Sunday in Jaipur. Here life was frozen due to severe cold wave. The minimum temperature in Jaipur was finally reached on December 13, 1964, below zero degrees. Sunday morning in the state's hill station Mount Abu was minus 3 degrees. The temperature also recorded zero degrees, Churu 1.2 degrees, Pilani 1.6 degrees, forest floor 1.8 degrees.

66 trains canceled due to dense fog, 194 trains let

Cold wave in northern India was accompanied by thick fog. As a result, 66 trains had to be canceled while 194 trains were running late, including 88 Super Fast Trains, 13 Rajdhani Express, 2 Durant, 5 Garibarth and several mail and passenger trains.

On the other side, the railway department had to diverge the routes of 71 trains. Due to the fog, 11 trains had to be changed. Due to low visibility at Delhi airport, 4 flights had to be diverted. Since December 20, more than 750 flights have been delayed while 19 have been canceled.