A man uses fire to clean a frozen water pipeline in Shimla. Pic/PTI

New Delhi: Nine deaths were reported from Uttar Pradesh as a severe cold wave gripped northern India on Saturday with Himachal Prade­sh’s Keylong and J&K ’s Kargil registering minus 13.9 and minus 15.6 degrees Celsius, respectively, while the national Capital here recorded its lowest temperature of the season.