Bone-chilling cold grips city
Sunday, 17 January 2010
FE Report
The cold wave intensified, as the sun remained hidden and chilly breeze blew in the evening, paralysing normal life in the city Saturday.
The city streets and thoroughfares witnessed unusually thin traffic movement, compared to previous Saturdays as people chose to keep indoors avoiding the biting cold.
The sky remained cloudy on the day, intensifying the severity of the chill, forcing people of all ages to cancel non-essential outings.
The windy weather affected businesses and hampered day-to-day activities of the citizens of one of the fastest growing cities in the world and home to some 13 million people.
The city's homeless people, especially at Farmgate, Shahbagh and Agargaon were seen cuddled around bonfires to ward off bone-chilling cold.
Footpath traders selling warm clothes and shop-keepers at supermarkets and malls, however, did brisk business, as people braved the unfavourable weather to buy warm garments to brace for further dip in temperature.
"Sales of warm clothes have increased in the last couple of days, thanks to the weather," said Abu Hanif, a warm-clothing vendor at Paltan.
The windy weather lowered the mercury level countrywide, which is likely to continue for another two to three days, the Met office said.
The cold wave intensified, as the sun remained hidden and chilly breeze blew in the evening, paralysing normal life in the city Saturday.
The city streets and thoroughfares witnessed unusually thin traffic movement, compared to previous Saturdays as people chose to keep indoors avoiding the biting cold.
The sky remained cloudy on the day, intensifying the severity of the chill, forcing people of all ages to cancel non-essential outings.
The windy weather affected businesses and hampered day-to-day activities of the citizens of one of the fastest growing cities in the world and home to some 13 million people.
The city's homeless people, especially at Farmgate, Shahbagh and Agargaon were seen cuddled around bonfires to ward off bone-chilling cold.
Footpath traders selling warm clothes and shop-keepers at supermarkets and malls, however, did brisk business, as people braved the unfavourable weather to buy warm garments to brace for further dip in temperature.
"Sales of warm clothes have increased in the last couple of days, thanks to the weather," said Abu Hanif, a warm-clothing vendor at Paltan.
The windy weather lowered the mercury level countrywide, which is likely to continue for another two to three days, the Met office said.