Parts of North India including the national capital witnessed cold wave conditions with dense to very dense fog observed over Punjab, Haryana, northwest Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar for the second morning on the trot on Friday morning, the forecast department said.
Dr Kuldeep Srivastava, Head of Regional Weather Forecasting Centre said on Thursday that Delhi-NCR is likely to witness dense fog for the next two to three days while Punjab, Haryana, and North Rajasthan may expect a decrease in temperature by 1-2 degrees alongwith cold wave conditions.
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): As the cold wave grips north India and claims many lives, the plight of patients and caregivers waiting in front of Delhi's top hospitals is unimaginable.
"If we talk about the weather in Delhi, then a thick blanket of fog is seen in the morning hours and visibility is dropped by around 100 meters. In the Palam observatory, today morning the visibility was till 100 meters, and later around 8 in the morning there is an improvement," Dr Kuldeep
Amid the cold wave, the school timings of children from class 1 to class 8 in the capital have been changed from 10 am onwards to 3 pm, till December 31.
As the City of Pearls is shivering in the cold, people from northern states of India are setting up shops to cover the Hyderabadis with a coat of warmth.
"We adjust the temperature conditions of the enclosure to ensure that Chimpanzees are not affected by the cold wave. Special dietary arrangements have also been made for the animals," said Deputy Director of Nandankanan Zoo Dr Sanjeet Kumar while speaking to ANI.
With parts of Madhya Pradesh witnessing severe cold wave conditions, the minimum temperatures in the Bundelkhand region of the state have also started to decline.