North India gripped by severe cold wave; Rajasthan’s Fatehpur coldest at 1.6°C

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• Also Read I Cold weather persists in Punjab, Haryana; temperatures stay above normal According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), Amritsar recorded a lowest of 5.7 degrees Celsius.
• Major cities in Punjab, including Ludhiana and Patiala, recorded the identical lows of 6.4 degrees Celsius, while Pathankot logged a minimum of 6.7 degrees Celsius.
• Bathinda also saw a dip in temperature at 5.6 degrees Celsius and Gurdaspur at 5.5 degrees Celsius.
• Chandigarh, capital of the two states, recorded a minimum of 6.9 degrees Celsius.
• In neighbouring Haryana, Ambala recorded a minimum temperature at 7.9 degrees Celsius, while Hisar logged 5.6 degrees Celsius.