Bhubaneswar: In view of incessant rain due to low pressure over Bay of Bengal, authorities declared a holiday for all schools including anganwadis in eight districts of Odisha.

All the schools and anganwadis will remain closed today in Cuttack, Kendrapara, Dhenkanal, Puri, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Ganjam and Gajapati districts for heavy rain.

Worth mentioning, the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) has issued Orange Warning for several districts of the state till October 25 in view of a cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal off Tamil Nadu coast.