Heat wave: Summer holidays to start early in Telangana as temperature crosses 44

The chief minister asked the education department to ensure that summer holidays are declared for government as well as private schools from today, five days in advance.

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao directed that summer holidays of schools should start from Wednesday, five days ahead of schedule, because of the oppressive heat in many parts of the state.

Representative Image: A man takes a drink as he walks by the Arabian sea in Mumbai. Hyderabad and several other parts of the state are reeling under heat wave, with mercury soaring above 40 degrees Celsius in some places. (AP Photo)

The CM felt that it was not desirable to send the children to school in this weather, a release from Rao’s office said here.

The chief minister asked the education department to ensure that summer holidays are declared for government as well as private schools from today, five days in advance.

Hyderabad and several other parts of the state are reeling under heat wave, with mercury soaring above 40 degrees Celsius in some places.

The highest temperature recorded in the state on Tuesday was 44.5 degrees Celsius, according to IMD. Maximum temperature is likely to be above normal by two to four degrees at many places, it said.