Delhi is experiencing a cold wave, with temperatures dropping and air quality worsening. The AQI reached 345 on Monday, well into the "very poor" category. Shelter homes are providing refuge for those affected, offering warmth and essential amenities like food and medicine to the vulnerable.
Still, the visitors who come to Mount Abu to take advantage of the cold weather are having a great time. One tourist shared his experience, "The weather has been great for the past two days; it's cold. This is the first time we're experiencing such low temperatures. We're drinking hot tea an
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature was recorded 4.9 degree Celsius in Safdarjung area while it was 6.2 degree Celsius in Palam.
The cold wave has however resulted as a boon for the local business and hotels with a rise in the tourist footfall and an increase in the number of activities in the Dal Lake
Notably, a fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region and adjoining plains of the Northwest of India from December 8 which could also result in the winter becoming more severe as per the Indian Meteorological Department.
Delhi witnessed a temperature dip as the minimum temperature recorded on Friday at 8:30 a.m. was 8.5 degree Celsius. As per the foreceast by IMD the gradual fall in minimum temperatures by two to three degree Celsius likely over parts of Northwest India during the week.
The temperature fell by almost 1.5 degrees in the last 24 hours due to cold northwesterly winds that drive down temperatures and signal the start of winter.
Large patches of grasslands in the Nilgiris district appeared to be something akin to a wonderland, with fresh dew drops, often called white frost, carpeting the green grass.
The severe cold affected the lives of people in the city of Sikar. Today, the mercury reached below the freezing point in the Fatehpur district of Rajasthan.
According to the information received from Fatehpur Agricultural Research Centre, the minimum temperature was recorded at minus 1.7 d