Heat Wave Intensifies in Odisha; Schools to Remain Closed on Aril 19 & 20

Bhubaneswar: The State government that all schools including Govt, Aided, Private, and Anganwadi Centre for Class-I up to Class-12 will remain closed on April 19 and April 20 as the heat wave intensifies in Odisha.

Taking to its Twitter handle, the state I&PR department wrote, “Important Announcement: All schools up to Class 12 (Govt, Aided, and Private) and all Anganwadi Centre will remain closed on 19th and 20th April in view of the prevailing heatwave conditions in the State.”

Important Announcement:

All schools up to class 12 (Govt, Aided and Private) and all Anganwadi Centre will remain closed on 19th and 20th April in view of the prevailing heatwave conditions in the state.

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) April 18, 2023

Earlier, the regional centre of IMD warned of ‘heat wave’ in the State. Twenty-eight places witnessed day temperatures above 40 Degrees Celsius today.

Baripada and Jharsuguda towns recorded the highest day temperatures at 44.2 Degrees Celsius, followed by Bolangir (43.7), Boudh (43.7), Nuapada (43.6), Titilagarh (43.2), Sonepur (43.2), Angul (43.1), Sambalpur (43.0), Sundargarh (43.0), Talcher (42.8), Bhubaneswar (42.7), Cuttack (42.5), Bhawanipatna (42.5), Rourkela (42.4), Dhenkanal (42.0), Jajpur (42.0), Hirakud (41.6), Jagatsinghpur (41.5), Paralakhemundi (41.4), Chandbali (41.3), Deogarh (41.3), Kendrapada (41.2), Keonjhar (41.2), Nayagarh (41.0), Bhadrak (41.0), Bargarh (40.5) and Malkangiri (40.2).