The spell of cold wave in parts of India has frozen lakes, springs, rivulets and water pipelines and has taken temperatures 14-18 degrees below the freezing point. Some areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir are among those reeling under the harshest cold wave.
In Himachal Pradesh, high-altitude tribal areas and mountain passes reeled under a piercing cold, with the mercury staying 14-18 degrees below the freezing point on Sunday. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday night marking a rise of nearly four degrees from the previous night.
