Cold claims one life in Jaipur

A man died due to intense cold in the capital city of Rajasthan where the minimum temperature dipped at many places and dense fog disrupted flight operations and train services.
A beggar, around 35-40 years of age, was found dead outside Ganesh temple at Chandpole gate here this morning due to cold weather conditions, Sanjay Circle police said.
The body has been for identification and postmortem and to verify the cause of death, they said.
Meanwhile, an official of the Sanganer airport said that ten flights were delayed due to fog at Sanganer airport.
Four international flights to Dubai, Maskat, Sharjah and six domestic flights were delayed and rescheduled due to the fog, he said.

Also, 23 trains under the North-Western Railway were running late and 12 trains reached their destinations late, according to a NWR spokesman.

New Delhi-Ajmer Shatabdi Express and Jabalpur-Ajmer Express are running 53 and 48 minutes late respectively, while other trains were delayed by few minutes to up to six hours, he said.
Traffic at highways was also moving at a snail's pace.
Mount Abu was the coldest place in Rajasthan with a low of 2 degrees Celsius.
Pilani recorded a minimum of 3.8 degrees Celsius followed by Churu at 4.2 degrees C, according to the MeT department.
Bikaner, Sriganganagar and Jaipur registered a minimum of 4.5 deg C, 5.7 deg C and 6.4 degrees Celsius respectively.

Jaisalmer, Sikar, Kota, Ajmer, Jodhpur and Barmer recorded 7.3 deg C, 7 deg C, 7.4 deg C, 8 deg C, 8.4 deg C and 8.8 degrees Celsius respectively.