Sundargarh in grip of severe cold wave

ROURKELA: Intense cold wave conditions continued to sweep across Rourkela city and the rest of Sundargarh district on Monday with the remotely-located mineral-rich Koida block reporting occurrence of frost.

Due to the biting cold weather with clear skies, normal life at many places, mostly in rural remote pockets, remained affected with sharp drop in mercury level since Friday.

The Environment Engineering department of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on Monday recorded the minimum temperature at 9.7 degree C and maximum at 25.9 degree C with 95 per cent atmospheric humidity. On Sunday, the minimum temperature at Rourkela was 10.1 degree C.