At least 50 trains were running behind schedule in Delhi and 19 were rescheduled as visibility fell to 400 metres in the morning. The minimum temperature settled at two notches below average at six degrees Celsius.
The authorities have cancelled more than 25 trains from Delhi till Jan 31.
In Rajasthan as well, a few trains coming to Jaipur were delayed by two-10 hours due to fog.
In Haryana, power supply in some parts was affected after transmission lines tripped due to dense fog. “Power supply was affected in Sirsa, Fatehabad, Bhiwani and Hisar districts,” an official said.
Most parts of Punjab and Chandigarh experienced bright and sunny weather. The minimum temperature in Chandigarh was six degrees while Hisar and Rohtak in Haryana recorded lows of four degrees.
In Punjab, Amritsar and Ludhiana recorded four and five degrees, respectively.
In Bihar, the biting cold weather continued. At least 22 people have died in the cold wave in the last five days.
The minimum temperature in Patna was recorded at 6.5 degrees while it was 4.4 degrees in Gaya.
“The government had already sounded a statewide cold alert and directed officials to arrange wood for bonfire,” an official said.
Up north, both Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh witnessed cold and dry weather conditions with no fresh snowfall or rainfall.
“Because of clear night skies, the minimum temperatures will fall much below the freezing point in the Kashmir Valley during the next 48 hours,” said Sonam Lotus, director of the local weather office in Srinagar.
The minimum temperature was minus 1.2 degrees in Srinagar.
In Himachal capital Shimla, the minimum temperature was 1.2 degrees. Dharamsala recorded a low of 4.1 while Keylong was the coldest in the state at minus 7.1 degrees.
On the other hand, Rajasthan witnessed a moderate rise in temperature as capital Jaipur recorded 11 degrees, two notches above average. Mount Abu, the only hill station in the desert state, was the coldest at one degree.