Odisha Declares Summer Vacations In Schools From April 25 Due To Heatwave

The announcement will be applicable for all the schools, including those run by government, government-aided and private, in Odisha. 

People try to protect themselves from scorching sun on a hot summer day, in Mumbai.

Source : PTI

The Odisha government on Sunday declared summer vacations in all schools in the state from April 25, in view of prevailing heatwave conditions in the state. The state government announcement will be applicable for all the schools, including those run by government, government-aided and private, in Odisha. 

 

The government also announced that the schools will run from 6.30 am to 10.30 am from April 22 to 24 due to high temperature.

 

The announcement comes amid a searing heatwave gripping parts of India this week, with maximum temperatures ranging from 40 degrees Celsius to 46 degrees Celsius in many areas on Sunday.

 

Earlier, Odisha had ordered the closure of all schools in the state for three days from April 18 to 20 after a severe heatwave situation during which the temperature rose to above 45 degrees Celsius in the state.

 

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heatwave to severe heatwave conditions prevailed in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Gangetic West Bengal during the day. This ongoing heatwave affecting parts of Odisha, Jharkhand, and Gangetic West Bengal is the second heatwave spell this month.

 

Baripada and Boudh in Odisha recorded a maximum temperature of 45.2 degrees Celsius, Midnapore and Bankura in West Bengal recorded 44.5 degrees Celsius and 44.6 degrees Celsius, respectively. 

School Timings Revised in Bihar Capital

The temperatures have also soared in Bihar, with the mercury crossing the 42-degrees Celsius mark in at least 11 places, the Met Department said on Saturday.

 

In view of the rising temperatures, the district administration of Patna has changed the timings of schools from Saturday. According to an order issued by Shirsat Kapil Ashok, the district magistrate of Patna, all schools in the state capital are instructed to change the timings from 6.30 am to 11.30 am.

 

"I, under Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, do hereby prohibit the academic activities for all the Classes (up to 10th class) of Private and Government Schools (including Pre-schools, Anganwadi Centres) of the District from 11.30 am to 4 pm.“The school authorities are hereby directed to reschedule their timings of academic activities in conformity of the order... and it will remain effective till April 30,” an official notification of the DM said on Saturday.