SAMBALPUR: Normal life in Sambalpur has been paralysed under the impact of intense cold-wave that has swept across the region where mercury level plunged below normal for the last one week. On Tuesday, the minimum temperature was 8.3 degree C, while it was 7.7 on Wednesday. Thursday saw the lowest temperature of the season in the district at 6.7 degree C while Friday was slightly better off at 7.1. On Sunday, the temperature hovered around 7.6.