India, Jan. 15 -- The Millennium City continued to reel from a cold wave and moderate fog in the early hours for the third consecutive day, recording a minimum temperature of 3.5 degrees Celsius (degC) on Wednesday. Visibility also dipped to 300 metres at 3am and only improved to around 350m by 8.30am, especially in the rural areas and outskirts, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Although the temperature increased by 0.3degC from the day before, it was of little relief, as the IMD classifies it as a "coldwave" when the actual temperature falls below 4degC. The maximum temperature on the day, meanwhile, was 18.4degC.

Experts said that the conditions are likely to persist for the next few days, but predicted a slight...