- people took out warm clothes
- cold winds blowing throughout the day
Akola. For the past few days, people were continuously waiting for the cold, because most of the weather in the city and district remains hot. The cold comes here as a guest and goes away. Of late, but now suddenly the cold has arrived here. Cold winds have started since late Sunday night. It was very cold this morning as well. The minimum temperature this morning was 11.3 degrees Celsius.
Due to very cold this morning, there was a significant reduction in the number of people going out for morning walk. Only a few days ago, people had washed warm clothes and kept them in sunlight, but they were not being used. Now people have started using those warm clothes. Today it was such a situation that people came out wearing sweaters etc. even in the afternoon because cold winds were starting in the afternoon as well.
Due to the sudden arrival of cold in this way, people are seen very happy. Because because the weather is always warm here, people welcome the cold in a way. Anyway, now slowly the month of December is also towards the end. People say that if it will not get cold yet, then when will it be because sometimes the cold weather leaves and people are not able to use sweaters and other warm clothes.
Milk, tea sales increased
At this time, milk has started boiling in a large pan in front of many hotels in different areas of the city. People are liking to drink boiled saffron milk in the evening. A large crowd of people can be seen to drink milk. Similarly, the sale of hot tea has increased significantly in canteens and hotels located all over the city. People are very much like to drink hot tea amidst cold winds. What if ginger tea is found on it? In this way everyone is welcoming the cold in their own way.
Crowd increased at hot clothes shops
Old cloth market, new cloth market as well as Ratanlal plot chowk, Jatharpeth as well as clothing shops located in all the areas are seeing huge crowd of people to buy hot clothes. Due to the sudden increase in the cold, those people who were avoiding taking warm clothes till now, they have also reached the markets to get warm clothes. People believe that even if this cold will subside now, even a little bit of cold will remain till Holi. That’s why buying warm clothes has become necessary now.
bonfire started
In view of the increasing cold in the rural areas of the district as well as in the urban areas, people have started lighting bonfires. There was a time when people used to bake their hands by lighting bonfires only in the village, now even in the city people can be seen baking their hands by lighting a bonfire in their compound. According to the information received, some people also bake their hands by lighting a cigar of coal. According to this, the sale of kandi coal, charcoal and dry wood has increased a lot in the city these days.