Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) forecast for an intensive heatwave during the next three days, the State Government has decided to close down all schools in the State from April 18 to 20.
The School and Mass Education Department said the Government has decided to close down all schools including those run by Government, Government aided and private for three days in view of prevailing heatwave conditions and rise in day temperature.
As per IMD’s forecast, the temperature is likely to rise gradually by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius at many places during the next two days. The temperature is expected to cross the 45 degrees Celsius mark in a few places in Odisha from April 18 to 20.
Notably, Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district was the hottest place in the entire country on Tuesday with a temperature of 43.6 degrees Celsius, weather scientist Umashankar Das said.
In a bulletin, IMD’s Bhubaneswar Centre said heat wave condition would prevail at some places in the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Balasore, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Khurda, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Angul, and Boudh on Wednesday.
Hot & humid weather condition would prevail at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, and Gajapati, it said.
