Lucknow: Cold rage continues across North India. On the first day of the New Year, cold conditions prevailed in many parts of the country and people were forced to stay in their homes. The worst news came from Sriganganhar in Rajasthan where the mercury went below 1.5 degrees. While the temperature here reaches 50 degrees in summer. Temperatures in some areas of the country were also recorded at 1 degree.

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The cold wave was also seen in Delhi, where the minimum temperature was recorded at 2.4 degrees Celsius, five degrees below normal. Officials have said that twenty-five trains were delayed by two to nine hours due to fog. Safdarganj recorded a minimum temperature of 5.8 and a maximum of 19.5 degrees on Wednesday morning in Delhi. People got relief due to heavy sunshine on Tuesday. The extreme cold was felt in Punjab and Haryana, where the shivering winds engulfed the people.

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Ludhiana was the coldest place with a minimum temperature of 0.3 degrees. It is 5 degrees below normal. Pathankot, Adampur, Halwara, Batinda, Faridkot and Gurdaspur recorded minimum temperatures of 0.8, 0.4, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2 and 3.1 degrees respectively. Ambala, Hisar and Karnal recorded minimum temperatures of 2.4, 1, 0.6 degrees in Haryana, which is 6 degrees below normal. Narnaul, Rohtak, Sirsa and Bhiwani too had the same condition and the temperature was between 1 degree to 3.8 degree.

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