Cold wave grips Noida: School timings changed, IMD says dense fog will continue for days
Noida school timings revised: Due to the cold wave conditions, schools in Noida and Greater Noida, from Kindergarten to Class 8, will start from January 18 at 10 am.
Noida weather update: Cold wave conditions continued to grip Noida, Greater and Ghaziabad on Thursday with dense fog in several areas early in the morning. Following these developments, the timing of schools in Noida was changed from nursery to class 8. Meanwhile, the IMD has forecast that cold wave conditions in the NCR will continue for several more days. See the full weather forecast in this story.
School timings changed in Noida
Due to cold weather conditions, school timings in Noida are being revised again and classes from kindergarten to grade 8 will start in all schools of Noida and Greater Noida from January 18 at 10 am.
Gautam Buddh Nagar Basic Education Officer Rahul Panwar told news agency PTI that the new timing would continue until further orders from the district administration.
He said that in accordance with the instructions of the District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, in view of the dense fog and extreme cold, classes in all schools from nursery to 8th will be held from January 18 from 10 a.m. until further notice. order.
Earlier, classes from Pre-K to 8 were suspended until January 16 due to the cold weather conditions across the NCR.
While classes were for students aged 9 to 12, school timings were revised from 10am to 3pm last week, according to a separate order issued by district inspector of schools Dharmveer Singh.
Meanwhile, the national capital also woke up to another cold day on Thursday as a thick layer of fog engulfed the entire city.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Tuesday issued an orange alert for very dense fog and cold wave conditions in Delhi for Wednesday and Thursday.
The weather bureau also issued a red alert in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday due to very dense fog and cold wave conditions and an orange alert in both the states on Thursday.
120 flights delayed at Delhi airport
Due to the cold wave conditions, flight operations to and from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport continued to be affected with around 120 flights, including international ones, delayed for several hours. 53 flights were also canceled on Wednesday due to fog and other operational problems.
According to Delhi Airport Flight Information Display System (FIDS) data, the 120 affected flights include 21 international departures, 23 international arrivals, 33 domestic departures and 43 domestic arrivals.
In addition to the 120 affected flights, a total of 53 flights have been canceled due to fog and other operational reasons, according to FIDS data recorded up to 8 a.m. Wednesday. This includes 21 domestic arrivals, 16 domestic departures, 13 international departures and 3 international arrivals.
20 passenger train services affected
Meanwhile, around 20 passenger trains to Delhi were behind schedule on Wednesday. According to the Northern Railways, two trains, namely Puri-Nizamuddin Purushottam Express and Hyderabad-New Delhi, were delayed by about 6 to 6.30 hours.
Six trains, namely Rewa-Anand Vihar Express, Vasco-Nizamuddin Express, Bhopal-Nizamuddin Express, Khajarao-Kurukshetra, Amritsar-Mumbai and Manikpru-Nizamuddin, are likely to arrive late around 2-2.45 am.