MH-COLD NASHIK

Nashik in north Maharashtra is

shivering under a cold spell with the mercury plummeting to

1.8 degrees Celsius in parts of the district.

Nashik city recorded the lowest temperature of this

season at 5.7 degrees Celsius Thursday, local Met department

officials said.

An early morning temperature of 1.8 degrees Celsius

was recorded at Kundewadi agricultural research centre in

Niphad tehsil, officials said.

Farmers in the area made bonfires in grape plantations

to protect the fruit from cold.

This weather will persist for another four days, Met

officials said.