Chandigarh, Mohali schools open today

Tribune News Service

Mohali/Chandigarh, May 7

The UT Administration on Monday clarified that there was no need to shut schools on Tuesday.

“There is no need to panic. On Monday, we shut the schools after noon. However, the weather remained fine. All schools will remain open on Tuesday,” said Education Secretary BL Sharma.

“We closed the schools at noon on Monday, but there was no storm. I have requested the UT Administration to take a wise decision as children are laughing at us. For the past so many years, there have been so many storms, but we never closed schools. We are running from proper buildings and not from shanties,” said HS Mamik, president of the Independent Schools Association.

However, as notified earlier, all educational institutions will remain closed in Panchkula on Tuesday. These include schools and colleges. In fact, Panchkula Deputy Commissioner Mukul Kumar has put his disaster management team on alert and has advised people to keep caution.

The schools in Mohali will remain open on Tuesday. The Mohali administration has not issued any direction to close the schools in view of the storm forecast for Tuesday.

Mohali Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Kaur Sapra said no such direction had been issued in any part of Punjab. “There was also a forecast of strong storm on Monday, but the weather remained clear throughout the day. The schools in Mohali district will remain open on Tuesday. In case of any emergency, a decision in this regard will be taken early on Tuesday morning,” said Sapra.

UT sought advice from met dept

The UT Administration obtained advice from the Met Department regarding the forecast for Tuesday. According to it, the situation does not warrant closure of schools and, therefore, all private and government schools in Chandigarh will remain open on May 8. However, the Education Department has asked the  school management to stay alert and  take all preventive measures in this regard.