By Admin 
Continuous fog and cold wave continues in Uttar Pradesh. It is extremely cold in the morning and evening. Dense fog is being seen in most of the districts due to which people are facing problems in movement. Today also on 31st December the attack of fog and cold day will continue. There will be a dense blanket of fog over the New Year celebrations late in the evening. However, there will be a change in the weather from January 1 and rain is expected at many places.
The weather is expected to remain dry even today in both the eastern and western divisions of Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, a yellow alert has been issued for dense fog in most of the districts in the western division today. There has been a warning of dense to extremely dense fog at some places in the eastern division. At some places, warning of cold day has also been given.
Kanpur remained the coldest district of the state
Kanpur remained the coldest district of the state in the last 24 hours. The minimum temperature recorded here was 4.4 degrees Celsius. Apart from this, the temperature in Fursatganj, Prayagraj, Etawah, Barabanki also remained between 5-7 degrees Celsius. According to the Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature of the state will increase by 3-5 degrees Celsius in the next 3-4 days. After this, there is a possibility of a drop of 2-3 degrees again.
Fog-cold day alert in these districts
Warning of very dense fog has been issued in Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Kushinagar, Deoria, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Basti and Sant Kabir Nagar today. There is also an alert of extreme cold day in these districts today. Orange alert of very dense fog has been issued today in Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bahraich, Shravasti, Barabanki, Gonda, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ballia.
Saharanpur, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Badaun, Kasganj, Etah, Firozabad, Agra, Etawah, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Kannauj, Auraiya, Kanpur, Lucknow, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Amethi, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh, Prayagraj, A warning of dense fog has been issued in Varanasi, Chandauli, Ghazipur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra today.
People forced to hide in homes
Due to the harsh winter in the state, people’s life has become completely disrupted. Fog has the maximum effect in the morning and evening, hence people are avoiding coming out of their homes, however, on Tuesday, sunlight came out in many districts during the day, which brought some relief to the people.