By Admin 
Amidst the ongoing cold wave in Bihar, the Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for extremely dense fog in many parts of the state and has advised people to remain alert. India Meteorological Department has given this information on Friday (26 December). The Meteorological Department said that there was an outbreak of cold wave in Bihar on Friday and the minimum temperature was recorded below 10 degrees Celsius in many districts.
Where is the coldest place?
The department said that Aurangabad in the state and Sabaur in Bhagalpur were the coldest places in the state, where the minimum temperature was recorded at 7.4 degrees Celsius.
Temperature of different districts
It said that after this, 7.6 degrees were recorded in Gaya of the state, 8.9 degrees each in Bhagalpur and Sheikhpura, 9 degrees each in Valmiki Nagar and Dehri of West Champaran, 9.3 degrees in Jehanabad and 9.5 degrees in Saharsa.
The department said that orange alert has been issued for dense to very dense fog in East Champaran, West Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Sitamarhi, Shivhar, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Patna, Bhojpur, Buxar, Kaimur, Rohtas, Aurangabad, Arwal and Jehanabad districts.
People advised to take precautions
The Meteorological Department said that due to fog, visibility remained very low in various parts of the state on Friday. An official of IMD, Patna, said that people have been advised to take necessary precautions especially in the morning and the concerned authorities have been asked to remain alert as road, rail and air traffic may be affected due to low visibility.
According to the Meteorological Department, the severe cold wave is likely to continue in many parts of the state till December 29. Due to lack of continuous sunlight, abnormal drop in day temperature is being recorded, due to which one has to resort to bonfire and warm clothes even during the day. Experts believe that slight improvement in the weather is possible only after December 30, before that there is little hope of relief.