Numbing cold wave grips northern India as locals brace for frigid winters

Record ID: 1450462

  • Title: Numbing cold wave grips northern India as locals brace for frigid winters
  • Date: 27th December 2019
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (DECEMBER 27, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF VEHICLES PLYING AMID FOG ON RAJPATH, CEREMONIAL BOULEVARD, LEADING TO INDIA'S PRESIDENTIAL PALACE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING NEAR INDIA GATE WAR MEMORIAL POLICE PERSONNEL STANDING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENT, DIVYANSH, SAYING: "During winters in Delhi, pollution levels and smoke are also high and when it mixes with fog, it becomes smog. We come here for photography from far off places and we face a lot of problem. And so we cover ourselves and use jackets and gloves. But we have to do it because it is our job." AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (DECEMBER 27, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VEHICLES WITH HEADLIGHTS ON, PLYING ON THE ROAD AMID FOG LOCALS WEARING WARM CLOTHES STANDING RICKSHAW-PULLER RIDING A RICKSHAW WITH TWO PASSENGERS SITTING ON IT LOCALS COVERED IN BLANKETS SLEEPING IN THE OPEN MAN RIDING A CYCLE WOMEN WITH THEIR FACES COVERED, WALKING MEN CLAD IN SHAWLS STANDING FRUIT HAWKERS PEOPLE WARMING UP THEIR HANDS IN FRONT OF FIRE FIRE (SOUNDBITE) (Punjabi) AMRITSAR RESIDENT, SONU, SAYING: "It is so cold. My business is selling fruits and I come for work at around 5 or 5.30 in the morning (1130 GMT). We light fire and sit around it. We keep waiting for customers, but we do not get any customers (because of the cold). We somehow manage by warming ourselves up in front of fire. We are having a slump in business and the Sun God has not been visible from so many days." PATNA, BIHAR, INDIA (DECEMBER 27, 2019) (ANI - NO USE INDIA) VARIOUS OF LOCALS STANDING AROUND FIRE AND WARMING UP THEMSELVES VARIOUS OF LOCALS WALKING WEARING WARM CLOTHES
  • Embargoed: 10th January 2020 09:50
  • Keywords: Amritsar Cold Wave India Mercury New Delhi Patna temperature winter
  • Location: PATNA, BIHAR/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB/NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • City: PATNA, BIHAR/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB/NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Environment,Weather
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BBR2Y4V
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: People in the capital, New Delhi and in several other cities across northern India, braved chilly winds on a foggy Friday (December 27) morning as the cold wave intensified across the country.
    India's metrological department has issued an advisory saying due to the persistence of Northwesterly winds in northwestern parts including states like Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh states will experience 'severe' cold day conditions in the next two days.
    Fog is also likely to thicken in the coming days, said the department.
    Locals in northern Amritsar city and eastern Patna city were seen covered in layers of woollen clothes and warming themselves up in front of fire lit on roadsides.
    While winter temperatures in South Asia are mild compared to Europe, they can at times prove deadly in India, where thousands of homeless live in shacks without any heating arrangements.
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