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North Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, majority of Rajasthan and the National Capital Territory of Delhi is facing a bitter cold wave conditions which Met Department says will continue for another couple of days.

In Punjab, the minimum temperature fell to -3.6 degrees C.

IMD has also predicted dense to very dense fog over Punjab, Haryana, and north Rajasthan during next 24 hours. However, Dense Fog in isolated pockets likely over the region during subsequent 3 to 4 days.

Saurashtra and Kutch regions are likely to see cold wave conditions over the next 24 hours, IMD said on Monday. On Sunday, the lowest minimum temperature of 2.5°C was reported at Churu (West Rajasthan) over plains of the country.

A cold wave occurs when temperatures drop to 4 degrees Celsius or lower, or 4.5 degrees below normal mark.

Added to this, the weather department has forecast snowfall in higher reaches of the Kullu, Chamba, Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh after a fresh western disturbance (WD) is expected on December 26 (Monday).

In the Capital people woke up with bone-chilling conditions as the minimum temperature settled at around 5 degree celsius, three notches below normal. As per the Safdarjung observatory the maximum temperature is likely to settle at 19 degree celsius.

On other parts of the country, IMD said, light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over south coastal Tamil Nadu and south Kerala as the Depression over the Southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka coast moved south-westwards.