Tripura government schools closed till April 23 amid heatwave

AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday announced that all government schools in the state will remain shut from April 18 to 23 due to the prevailing heatwave conditions. The scorching heat may adversely impact the health of the students, he said in a Facebook post, announcing the closure of all state-run and state-aided schools. He also appealed to the private schools in the state to do the same in view of the prevailing weather condition.

"The heat wave across the state may cause bad impact on health of the students. In this view, the state government has decided to keep all the government-run and grant-in-aid schools closed with effect from April 18, 2023 to April 23, 2023," he said in a tweet.

The heat wave across the state may cause bad impact on health of the students. In this view, the state government has decided to keep all the government-run and grant-in-aid schools closed with effect from April 18, 2023 to April 23, 2023.

— Prof.(Dr.) Manik Saha (@DrManikSaha2) April 17, 2023

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"Besides, the private-run schools have been requested to keep their institutions closed during that period," the CM added.

Tripura has 4,226 state-run and state-aided schools with 7.02 lakh students. However, colleges and universities in the state will function as usual, officials said. The mercury is hovering around 37 degrees Celsius in Tripura over the last three days. Rains are unlikely till April 20, weather officials said.