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Cold wave conditions and haze proceeded with its grasp over north India on Saturday

The colder time of year chill kept on desensitizing northern piece of the nation incorporating the public capital with a thick layer of haze and ‘extreme’ cold. Delhi kept on encountering cold wave and haze while least temperature decreased to 8 degrees Celsius in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. The India Meteorological Office has given a serious to extremely serious cold day alert, with temperature settling under 10 degree Celsius, for Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, East Rajasthan, and Punjab.

Alongside serious cold days, the climate office has additionally given an alarm for thick to exceptionally thick mist. Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and West Uttar Pradesh are probably going to stay covered under thick to extremely thick haze.

#WATCH | Delhi: Fog & cold wave grips the national capital as temperature dips further.

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Thick haze alert is given when the perceivability stays somewhere in the range of 50 and 200 meters and when it dips under 50 meters, a caution for extremely thick mist is given

A few spots in north India including Delhi are encountering cold wave conditions combined with thick haze starting from the beginning of this current month. On Friday, Delhi recorded a base temperature of 9.4 degrees Celsius, according to the climate division.

Rail and flight tasks have endured a shot because of the haze with many trains and trips to and from Delhi getting deferred.

Somewhere else, the circumstances continued as before in other connecting states with temperatures going from 10-18 degrees Celsius because of persevering low overcast cover and the shortfall of daylight over the area.