Amarkantak mercury dips to 10 degrees Celsius, dew appears on grass and leaves

The cold is now clearly being felt in Amarkantak. On Wednesday the minimum temperature here was 10 degrees and the maximum 23 degrees. A day earlier, on Tuesday, the minimum was 11 degrees and the maximum 24 degrees. The mercury has thus fallen by one degree in a single day.

The chill is now felt more in the morning and at night. With the temperature falling, drops of dew have begun to appear on grass, leaves and plants in the morning. If the fall in temperature continues, the dew could freeze into a thin layer of ice by the end of the month.

Amarkantak is a hilly area with dense forests. For this reason, its weather differs from that of the surrounding plains.

As the cold increases, tourists, pilgrims and people undertaking the parikrama of Maa Narmada who visit Amarkantak are travelling with warm clothes. Warm clothing is now needed to protect against the cold of the morning and night.

Pradeep Mogre, superintendent in the land records department, said that the cold in Anuppur district begins in November. According to him, if the fall in temperature continues, the cold will increase further by the end of the month. This also benefits the rabi crop.

In the district headquarters Anuppur too, the minimum temperature on Wednesday was 10 degrees and the maximum 27 degrees. On Tuesday the minimum here was 11 degrees and the maximum 28 degrees.