Heatwave alert in India: The District Magistrate of Patna has taken the decision to temporarily close all schools for a period of seven days from today, June 12 to June 18.
Heatwave alert in India: Amid extreme heatwave and the continuous rise in temperature across India, several states are now temporarily closing schools. In response to the severe heatwave in Bihar, the District Magistrate of Patna has taken the decision to temporarily close all schools for a period of seven days from today, June 12 to June 18.
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As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), heatwave to severe heatwave conditions is expected to continue over some pockets of Bihar, with slightly less intense heatwaves forecast in isolated parts of the state on Monday and Tuesday (June 12 and 13).
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Schools closed in Jharkhand
The Jharkhand government has announced shutting down all schools for three days from June 12 i.e. today in the wake of heatwave conditions prevailing in the state, an official said on Sunday. An order issued by the secretary of the school education and literacy department K Ravi Kumar said that keeping in view the extreme heat and heat wave conditions in the state, all categories of government, non-government aided/ non-aided (including minority) and all private schools operating in the state will remain closed from June 12 to June 14.
The weather department said that the situation might remain the same for at least the next five days and heat wave alerts have been issued for parts of the state till June 15.
The maximum temperature is hovering between 38-44 degree Celsius across the state.
There is a possibility of light rain, mainly in the eastern parts of the state. But, it would hardly help in bringing down the temperature, said Ranchi Meteorological Centre in-charge Abhishek Anand.
