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January 5, 2009, Monday
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NEAR-FREEZING temperatures and fog have killed another 20 people in northern India, raising the death toll to 34 since the start of the new year, a government official said yesterday.
The deaths occurred over the weekend as nighttime temperatures dipped to 4 degrees Celsius in parts of the region, which is used to short and mild winters.
Those killed have mostly been beggars or migrant workers who often sleep in the open, with only plastic sheets or cloth sacks for cover.
A 72-year-old woman and her two young grandchildren died overnight when her thatched hut caught fire after she lit a bonfire to keep the family warm in Kanpur, an industrial town in Uttar Pradesh state, said Surendra Srivastava, a police spokesman.
Police recorded 14 other cold-related deaths on Saturday and yesterday in the state's Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Mahoba, Sant Kabir Nagar and Barabanki districts, Srivastava said.
Another three people were killed when their car hit a truck in fog in Kanpur, Srivastava said.
Authorities in Uttar Pradesh decided yesterday to light bonfires of wood and waste cardboard to keep homeless people warm.
In New Delhi, several schools were closed until tomorrow because of cold.
The state meteorological department said the cold spell was likely to continue for at least another week.
Nearly a fifth of Uttar Pradesh's 180 million people are homeless.
The deaths occurred over the weekend as nighttime temperatures dipped to 4 degrees Celsius in parts of the region, which is used to short and mild winters.
Those killed have mostly been beggars or migrant workers who often sleep in the open, with only plastic sheets or cloth sacks for cover.
A 72-year-old woman and her two young grandchildren died overnight when her thatched hut caught fire after she lit a bonfire to keep the family warm in Kanpur, an industrial town in Uttar Pradesh state, said Surendra Srivastava, a police spokesman.
Police recorded 14 other cold-related deaths on Saturday and yesterday in the state's Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Mahoba, Sant Kabir Nagar and Barabanki districts, Srivastava said.
Another three people were killed when their car hit a truck in fog in Kanpur, Srivastava said.
Authorities in Uttar Pradesh decided yesterday to light bonfires of wood and waste cardboard to keep homeless people warm.
In New Delhi, several schools were closed until tomorrow because of cold.
The state meteorological department said the cold spell was likely to continue for at least another week.
Nearly a fifth of Uttar Pradesh's 180 million people are homeless.
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