Cyclone Jawad: Schools to be closed in 19 Odisha districts

Bhubaneswar: Schools in as many as 19 districts of Odisha will be closed on December 4 (Saturday) in view of Cyclone Jawad.

The 19 districts are Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Koraput, Rayagada, Cuttack, Khordha, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Malkangiri and Mayurbhanj.

In the case of scheduled examination, the same will be conducted with utmost care under the supervision of District Administration.

Pratap Kumar Mishra, OAS (SAG), Additional Secretary to Government has written to the DEOs of the 19 districts in this regard.

“It is decided to close all the schools under the administrative control of School and Mass Education Department of your district on 04.12.2021 in view of the Cyclonic Storm warning issued by the Office of SRC, Odisha. There is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall in all the above districts under reference or in isolated places. The students should not come to school. However, if there is any exam schedule planned earlier, it may be conducted with utmost care under the supervision of District Administration. All the Teaching and Non-Teaching staff should be available in the respective school point to help the District Administration, if required. The instruction of the Collector & District Magistrate must be followed strictly,” the official wrote in the letter.

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