Schools closed for three days due to excessive heat in Nepalgunj

Schools closed for three days due to excessive heat in Nepalgunj

Banke, May 26: The Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City has announced a holiday for three days in the schools there due to excessive heat there. The maximum temperature in Nepalgunj has crossed 42 degree Celsius.

Classes have been suspended for three days in entire schools in the sub-metropolitan city after the excessive heat and heat wave, Under Secretary of Education, Youths and Sports Division of the Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City, Gorkha Bahadur Thapa.

He said that the holiday will start on Wednesday and end on Friday. There is a nationwide public holiday on Tuesday on the occasion of the Republic Day. The students will appear at schools on June 2 taking a five-day-long break including the holidays of Republic Day and Saturday.

Normal life in the Banke district has been severely affected due to excessive heat lately.