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December 23, 2023 4:45 PM IST

AQI in Delhi | climate change | Smog | India fog

Fog descends over northern India amid onset of peak winter season.

Fog and cold wave conditions rattled northern India as locals burnt fires and wrapped themselves in layers to keep warm on Saturday (December 23) morning.

Temperatures in the Indian capital were as low as six degrees and in the northernmost territory of Jammu and Kashmir, drinking water pipes froze as temperatures plummeted to minus four degrees.

A common sight was of people sitting around fires, wearing woollens, to warm themselves.

While wintry 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 heat.

(Inputs from Reuters)

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