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January 8, 1999
ELECTIONS '98
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Snow slows ShimlaLife was disrupted in Shimla and the tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh following moderate to heavy snowfall on Thursday night. The snowfall affected power and water supply and telecommunication services and hampered the movement of vehicular traffic at various places. Shimla and its adjoining areas experienced moderate snowfall on Thursday night. Several roads in the district, particularly in interior areas, were blocked. The 320km India-Tibet road was inaccessible beyond Dhalli in Shimla town. Cold wave conditions prevailed in parts of south-west Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, north Gujarat region and north-central Maharashtra. Night temperatures were appreciably below normal in the hills of west Uttar Pradesh, Saurashtra, Kutch, Konkan, Vidarbha and Marathwada. They were below normal in parts of Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Saurashtra, Telangana and Rayalaseema. Night temperatures were appreciably above normal in Kashmir and parts of coastal Andhra Pradesh, and above normal in north-west Rajasthan. They were normal in the rest of the country except for Arunachal Pradesh from where data were sparse. Rain or snow is likely at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, and at a few places in the hills of west Uttar Pradesh. Rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala and Lakshadweep, and at isolated places in the plains of Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Tamil Nadu. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the country.
Temperatures (deg C) Max Min Agartala 27(+2) 12(+2) Ahmedabad 24(-5) 7(-5) Allahabad 23(-1) 12(+3) Amritsar 15(-4) 7(+3) Aurangabad 24(-5) 7(-3) Bangalore 28(+2) 18(+3) Bareilly 17(-5) 10(+1) Bhopal 20(-6) 7(-3) Bhubaneswar 29(+1) 17(+1) Bombay 27(-2) 16(-4) Calcutta 26(-1) 16(+3) Chandigarh 14(-6) 7 Dehra Dun 10(-9) 5(-1) Dibrugarh 24(+1) 7(-2) Gadag 29(-1) 14(-2) Gangtok 17(+3) 6(+2) Guwahati 25(+2) 10 Hyderabad 29(+1) 15(+1) Indore 23(-3) 7(-3) Jaipur 18(-4) 5(-3) Jabalpur 23(-1) 9 Jodhpur 21(-4) 7(-2) Kanyakumari 29(-2) 24(+1) Lucknow 21(-2) 10(+1) Madras 31(+2) 22(+2) Madurai 32(+2) 22(+1) Mahabaleshwar 24 10(-4) Mangalore 31(-1) 19(-2) Minicoy 32(+2) 26(+3) Nagpur 26(-2) 9(-3) New Delhi 13(-8) 7 Panjim 29(-3) 18(-2) Patna 22(-1) 12(+2) Port Blair 30(+1) 20(-3) Pune 26(-3) 7(-4) Raipur 27 13 Rajkot 24(-4) 12(+1) Satna 22(-3) 10(+1) Shillong 19(+4) 7(+4) Simla 3(-6) 0(-2) Srinagar 3(-2) 1(+3) Trivandrum 32(+1) 22 Tiruchirapalli 31(+1) 22(+1) Varanasi 21(-2) 13(+4) Visakhapatnam 30(+2) 22(-5) |
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