Excessive heat forces Dang schools to close for five days

Dang, May 30: Schools in the Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City will remain closed for five days following the excessive heat.     

The schools will be closed for five days from May 31 after students start facing health complications due to continuous increasing heat for the past few days.     

Coordinator of the Social Development Committee, Man Bahadur Rawat, said the schools are asked to close their teaching-learning activities from May 31 to June 4.     

Chief of Education Division of the Sub-Metropolitan City, Chakra Bahadur Bhandari, mentioned that a meeting of the municipal education committee decided to close all community and institutional schools in Tulasipur for five days after the temperature of Dang district was recorded more than 39 degrees Celsius.     

Meanwhile, schools operated within Rapti Rural Municipality are closed for two days starting today following the excessive heat. (RSS)