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Mercury plummets in many areas

CHANDIGARH, JAN. 12 . With mercury plummeting sharply, most parts of North India today came under the grip of intense cold wave with many places recording their coldest night of the season so far.

Mercury plunged three degrees below normal at Chandigarh as the city recorded a low of 3.6 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department here said. Large parts of Haryana experienced bone-chilling conditions and Karnal recorded its coldest night of the season so far at 2.8 C, which was down four degrees. Ambala had a low of 4.1 C, down three and Hisar at a low of 6.3 C also recorded their lowest minimums so far.

Piercing cold wave continued to sweep Amritsar and the border town recorded a low of 1.2 C, which was down three degrees. Ludhiana also reeled under severe cold as the industrial town witnessed its coldest night at 2.4 C, four below normal. Patiala recorded a low of 5.6 C.

There was no respite in sight for the people in Kashmir and the low at Srinagar continued to be recorded below the freezing point at minus 1.5 C. Jammu had a partially cloudy sky today and the low there was recorded two degrees below normal at 6.2 C. The minimum temperature in Shimla was 2.6 C, while Sundernagar (1.1 C) and Bhuntar (0.9 C) also continued to suffer under severe cold.

--PTI

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