Searing heat forces four local levels in Mahottari to close schools

Kathmandu: Most of the schools and campuses have been closed in Mahottari district following scorching heat for the past week.

The educational institutions of four local levels in the district have been closed for four days from Tuesday, after the heat wave started taking place since morning. Other local levels have been making preparations to close the educational institutions. Mayor Suresh Sah Sonar said Jaleshwor municipality has given a holiday at all 29 educational institutions for four days effective from today after the temperature of the district reached 40-44 degrees Celsius.

Similarly, educational institutions in Manarasiswa municipality, Bardibas municipality and Mahottari rural municipality have also been closed. With the scorching heat, number of patients suffering from fever, common cold and cough, diarrhea and typhoid has increased at Provincial Hospital, Jaleshwor. Saptari’s Kanchanrup Municipality also announces school holiday.

Kanchanrup Municipality in Saptari district has also given a two-day holiday to schools within the municipality owing to the excessive increase in heat, beginning from today. The Municipality, through a notice, urged schools to run classes from 6 am to 11am from September 26 to October 2.

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