Frozen Dal lake, shivering people in Capital: North India prepares for frosty New Year

Delhi recorded its coldest day in a century today (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)

Delhi is shivering under an intense spell of cold wave for two weeks (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)

Children going school in dense fog in New Delhi (Express Photo: Praveen Khanna)

The national capital has been witnessing its most unforgiving winter season in the past 22 years, the IMD said (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)

In Srinagar, the mercury continued its record-breaking spree as the city experienced the coldest night of the season so far at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius (Express Photo By Shuaib Masoodi)

Iciciles hang from the rooftop of a hotel building in Gulmarg (Express Photo By Shuaib Masoodi)

A Shikarawala struggles to row his shikara in the frozen Dal lake (Express Photo By Shuaib Masoodi)

Locals take selfie in Kashmir's Gulmarg (Express Photo By Shuaib Masoodi)

A landscape view of Kashmir's famous ski resort in Gulmarg (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)

A scene of frozen river Jehlum in Srinagar. (Express Photo By Shuaib Masoodi)