New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued cold wave alert for multiple states for 11 December. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Karnataka and Odisha are on yellow alert for cold wave. Predicting intense fog in Uttar Pradesh, IMD issued orange alert.

Besides this, Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha and Uttarakhand are on yellow alert for dense fog. IMD urged citizens to drive slow, use low beams and fog lights during11 December morning hours.

Suggesting that a trough in westerlies, located along 86degE longitude to the north of 23degN latitude, is bringing the changes in atmospheric conditions, IMD in its latest press release said, "Cold wave c...