As many as 176 roads, including four national highways, are still closed while the operations of 470 power and 10 water supply stations across the state have been hampered during the past 24 hours.
People will get a respite from the cold, as the temperature is expected to rise in the Delhi-NCR region, however, rainfall is not expected in the next one week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement on Thursday.
Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places over Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram and Tenkasi districts, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.
The IMD said that the sea conditions are also likely to be rough to very rough and issued a warning to the fishermen not to venture into the Southwest Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar, Comorin Area and along and off Sri Lanka and south Tamil Nadu and Karaikal coasts till February 2.
A depression, currently over the southwest Bay of Bengal, is very likely to move west-southwestwards and cross the Sri Lanka coast during the afternoon of Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
While areas like Bhatinda in Punjab witnessed zero visibility, the national capital also witnessed low visibility of only 50 metres at Palam, according to the latest information from the India Meteorological department.
According to the India Meteorological Department forecast, Delhi is expected to experience strong winds during the daytime with the lowest temperature at around nine degrees, and the maximum to be around 22 degrees Celsius
After heavy rain on Sunday in many north Indian states, the weather department on Monday said that a mercury drop by two to three degrees celsius is expected in Delhi-NCR.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded a minimum temperature of 10.2 degrees celsius on Monday in New Delhi
The northern parts of India froze under the cold spell as Rajasthan's Sikar recorded a minimum temperature of -1.5 degrees Celsius while Churu recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.2 degrees. Narnaul in Haryana recorded a minimum temperature of 0.5 degrees while Hisar recorded a minimum
The Safdarjung and Palam recorded a minimum temperature of 4.6 degrees and 6.0 degrees Celsius respectively, according to India Meteorological Department on Tuesday.