December of 2011 has been the coldest in year
This Citizen Journalist is trying to type these words in a closed room, and still finding it difficult to write freely due to the bone-chilling weather in not just Gurgaon but across the northern plains.
SINCE THE past week, cold conditions in the National Capital Region have become more severe. In fact, the entire northern region of the country is experiencing an intense cold wave. As a result, minimum temperatures have dipped. Today, in Punjab, the city of Amritsar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 0.2 degree celsius. Winter has still reached its peak, yet, Hisar in Haryana recorded sub-zero temperature, reported IANS.
The intense cold these days is worsened by the fact that early mornings and nights are making for difficult driving conditions due to foggy conditions. Most mornings, media reports report traffic jams, flights getting cancelled or delayed and worse accidents. Equally worrying is the fate of those live on the street and the impoverished. With inadequate protections against the cold, many die and become a stastic in the monrning papers for the want of proper care.
Hopefully, as Lohri, on January 13, is on the horizon, the bone-chilling cold will abate giving respite to lakhs of people in north India.
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