13 killed in fog-related mishap in UP, Cold wave continues

Twelve school children and their bus driver were killed and 35 kids injured in a fog-related mishap in Uttar Pradesh as cold wave conditions continued across north India disrupting rail services.
The deceased were in the 5-15 years age bracket and were from J S Vidyaniketan school.
The national capital witnessed chilly and breezy conditions with the morning temperature settling at 6.4 degrees Celsius.
Sun shone throughout the day and the maximum temperature was recorded at 21.3 degrees Celsius, a Met department official said.
Morning fog disrupted rail services with 35 trains running late while 23 were rescheduled, according to a senior Railway official.

The humidity level oscillated between 100 and 55 per cent.

The nearly 300-km long Srinagar- Jammu national highway, connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country, was thrown open for one-way traffic, three days after heavy snowfall led to its closure.
"Traffic has been allowed to ply on the national highway after the road was cleared off snow yesterday," an official of the Traffic Department here said.
There was slight snowfall and rain across Kashmir during the night and the minimum temperature at most places in the Valley went down.
Srinagar recorded a minimum of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, an official of the Meteorological Department said here.

Leh in the frontier region of Ladakh settled at a low of minus 8.3 degrees Celsius.
Intense cold wave conditions persisted in most parts of Himachal Pradesh even as day temperatures rose by few notches.
Keylong and Kalpa in tribal Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur districts recorded a low of minus 9.1 degrees Celsius and minus 5 degrees Celsius.
The weather remained mostly dry but Keylong and Kalpa received 4 cm of snow.
Solanand Bhuntar shivered at freezing point with minimum temperatures at 0.8 degree Celsius, and 1 degree Celsius while Shimla and Sundernagar recorded a low of 1.3 degree Celsius.

Thick ground frost occurred at various places hampering vehicular traffic in the morning hours and water pipes froze at various places.