At 4.6° Celsius, city sees coldest day of season
The Hindu
The minimum temperature in the city fell to 4.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday, which was three degrees colder that the normal. It was the coldest day of the season so far with the minimum temperature fall
The minimum temperature in the city fell to 4.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday, which was three degrees colder that the normal. It was the coldest day of the season so far with the minimum temperature falling further from 6 degrees Celsius recorded the day before.
It was a sunny day with the maximum temperature settling at 19.2 degrees Celsius, which was also three degrees below normal. The average AQI for the Capital was in the ‘poor’ category at 271.
The IMD bulletin said that dry northwesterly winds of about 10-15 kmph are likely to continue to prevail over plains of northwest India till December 21, enhancing the adverse impact of cold wave and cold day conditions. Dense fog in the morning hours in isolated pockets is very likely over Uttarakhand during the next two days and over Punjab and Haryana on December 23 and 24.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.