Noida schools will remain closed till THIS date; Check new times, schedule

Gautam Buddh Nagar District has ordered closure of schools in Noida and Greater Noida areas in THIS detail. Check new times for higher classes.

Students seen wearing warm clothes on their way to school on a cold winter day in New Delhi on Friday, January 6, 2023. (File Photo: ANI)

Noida School Holiday: All schools from nursery to class 8 in Noida and Greater Noida areas will remain closed till January 16. An order issued by the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration states that classroom and educational activities from kindergarten to class 8 will remain suspended during this period in the wake of the dense crowds. fog, poor visibility and cold waves in the district, the Gautam Budh Nagar Department of Basic Education said.

“In accordance with the instructions of Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate Maneesh Kumar Verma, in view of the dense fog and extremely cold weather, all schools will observe holidays for classes from pre-primary to eight till January 16,” Rahul Panwar said, primary education official in the newspaper. order.

“The entire school staff will continue to work on January 16. The order must be strictly followed,” he added.

Meanwhile, district inspector of schools Dharmveer Singh said in a separate order that classes 9 to 12 will remain open, albeit with new timings in the wake of the adverse weather conditions.

As per the order, the new timings for classes 9 to 12 will be from 10am to 3pm, which will last till January 20.

Northern India is being hit by an intense cold wave

North India reeled under severe cold wave conditions as a thick blanket of fog enveloped several areas in the Delhi-NCR region, causing flights and trains to be cancelled, diverted or delayed as visibility dropped to zero.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), visibility was recorded as 'zero' for the first time this winter season at Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan, Patiala, Ambala, Chandigarh, Palam, Safdarjung (New Delhi), Bareilly, Lucknow, Bahraich, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Tezpur.

The national capital shivered under severe cold with the average minimum temperature dropping to nearly 3 degrees Celsius on Sunday morning.

The minimum temperature in Safdarjung area of Delhi was recorded at 3.5 degrees Celsius. Similarly, the minimum temperature in Palam was 5.9 degrees Celsius, 3.4 degrees Celsius in Lodhi Road, 4.0 degrees Celsius in Ayanagar and 4.4 degrees Celsius in Ridge at 8.30 am.

According to IMD data, very dense fog was observed in isolated parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh at 5.30 am today, while dense fog was observed in isolated parts of Jammu, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, Assam and South Interior Karnataka.

The IMD data also showed that visibility below 200 meters was recorded in Jammu division, Punjab, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam and Tripura on Sunday morning.

(With input from agencies)