Madhya Pradesh: Schools Closed In Some Districts Amid Cold Wave

Schools were closed in a few districts of Madhya Pradesh on Friday due to the extreme cold conditions.

Schools Closed In Some Districts In View Of Cold Wave

The winter is at its peak and due to the extremely cold conditions, many states have ordered to close schools for a few days. In the view of cold wave in Madhya Pradesh, schools were closed in a few districts on Friday.

The lowest temperature was recorded at 0.2 degree Celsius in Nowgong town of Chhatarpur district in the morning, said H S Pandey, a senior official at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) office here.

Traffic on the roads was thin in many parts of the state and people were seen huddling around bonfires. Schools up to Class 8 remained closed in some districts including Bhopal, Indore, Vidisha and Ujjain on the orders of the local administration.

Dense fog was reported in Guna, Satna, Datia, Jabalpur, Sagar and Chhatarpur districts, while moderate fog covered areas of Gwalior, Rewa districts and Nowgaon town in Chhatarpur district.

The minimum temperatures in Bhopal and Indore were recorded at 7.3 and 10.6 degrees Celsius. temperatures in the state hovered near 7 degrees Celsius for the fifth day in a row, Pandey said.

Foggy and chilly weather prevailed in north and northeast MP. Datia, Khajuraho, Guna, Gwalior and Sagar ciites saw minimum temperatures of 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, 4.2 and 4.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Northerly winds following a snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir brought the temperatures down in MP, the IMD official said.

The cold spell is expected to continue for three more days, he said. 

Schools In Jaipur To Remain Closed 

The District Collector of Jaipur issued an order to extend the winter vacations in the government schools of the city. The schools for classes 1 to 8 will remained closed till January 14. As per an order issued previously, Schools in Jaipur had been ordered to remain closed till January 7, 2023, due to the ongoing cold wave in North India. However, today a fresh notification has been issued by the administration to extend the closure of schools till January 14, 2023.

(With PTI inputs)