An intense cold wave swept several parts of Odisha as the state recorded the season’s lowest temperature of 3.1 degrees Celsius at G Udayagiri, a hill station in Kandhamal district, the IMD said Friday.

The chill has severely affected normal life as minimum temperature remained below 10 degrees Celsius in at least 15 places in 11 of the 30 districts, an official said.

Semiliguda, another hill station in Koraput, came a close second at 3.6 degree Celsius, followed by Phulbani and Daringbadi, both in Kandhamal district, recording 5.5 degrees Celsius and 6.5 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Other places where the mercury plummeted below 10 degrees Celsius include Chipilima in Bargarh (6.6), Rourkela (7.2), Jharsuguda (7.1), Bhawanipatna (7.5), Koraput (8.1), Kirei in Sundergarh (8.4), Angul

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