Lucknow, January 20: Twenty three more persons died of cold in different districts of Uttar Pradesh since last evening taking the toll this winter to 451 as chilly conditions prevailed today in most parts of the state.
Four persons each were killed in Chandauli and Ghazipur in cold related incidents, three deaths were reported from Ballia, Gorakhpur and Sitapur and one each from Orai, Bhadoi, Barabanki, Shahjahanpur, Kannauj and Azamgarh, official sources here said.
Shahjahanpur, which recorded a minimum temprature of 3.5 degrees Celsius was the coldest place in the state, followed by Agra, where mercury level dipped to 4.4 degrees C, Met department officials said here.
While maximum day temprature in Bahraich was 11.6 degree C, 11 degree below normal, Lucknow recorded a maximum temprature of 17.8 degrees C, which was five notches below normal, they said.
In Kanpur maximum temprature was 14.8 degrees C, which was eight degrees below normal.
—Agencies