Chilling cold grips Madhya Pradesh, temperature plummets to 0.2 degree Celsius in Nowgong

Schools up to Class 8 remained closed in some districts including Bhopal, Indore, Vidisha and Ujjain on the orders of the local administration

|Jan 06, 2023, 13:26:43 IST

Bhopal: Schools were closed in a few districts of Madhya Pradesh on Friday as the intense cold spell continued across the state, officials said.

The lowest temperature was recorded at 0.2 degree Celsius in Nowgong town of Chhatarpur district in the morning, said H S Pandey, a senior official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) office here.

Traffic on the roads was thin in many parts of the state while people were seen huddling around bonfires.

Schools up to Class 8 remained closed in some districts including Bhopal, Indore, Vidisha and Ujjain on the orders of the local administration.

Dense fog was reported in Guna, Satna, Datia, Jabalpur, Sagar and Chhatarpur districts, while moderate fog covered areas of Gwalior, Rewa districts, and Nowgaon town in Chhatarpur district.

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