Snowing in the mountains! There will be bone-chilling cold in these states including Delhi

The oppression of winter continues in North India. While the minimum temperature has gone several degrees below zero in many parts of Kashmir, the country’s capital Delhi has also become cold. Along with cold, dense fog and pollution are also being seen in Delhi-NCR. Due to this, the Meteorological Department has declared an orange alert of dense fog for the next 2 days.

According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of fog and dense fog at some places today, in which the minimum temperature will be around 6 to 7 degrees Celsius. There is a possibility of increase in cold during night, due to which people have been advised to stay indoors.

Alert in these states

The effect of snowfall on the mountains is being seen in the plains, where the temperature is falling and fog is spreading and people are resorting to bonfires to escape the cold. The Meteorological Department has warned of severe cold in 4 districts of Himachal Pradesh till Saturday. Apart from this, an alert has been issued in view of the severe cold in many states including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab.

Severe cold forecast in North India

• According to IMD, there will be severe cold with dense fog for the next 2-3 days in many districts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.
• There is a possibility of snowfall in some areas of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
• In such a situation, there is a possibility of temperature going to minus in many cities of Rajasthan.
• In such a situation, visibility will reduce due to fog and cold will increase.
• Whereas IMD has predicted light rain in some parts of Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu.

Chance of snowfall in the mountains

Talking about the hilly states of Jammu-Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, here too the minimum temperature has dropped rapidly due to increasing cold. In view of the continuing cold wave outbreak in the lower hilly and plain areas of Himachal, the Meteorological Department has-

• A warning of severe cold wave has been issued in 4 out of 12 districts of the state till Saturday.
• Orange alert of severe cold wave has been issued at many places in the lower hilly areas of Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Mandi districts.
• Yellow alert has been issued in Chamba and Kangra that cold wave will continue till Saturday.
• There is a possibility of light snowfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir.
• There is a possibility of cold wave at many places in the valley for the next three days.
• The severe cold is affecting the people in North and Eastern India, hence after all the alerts, people are being appealed to be careful.