Kerala Schools, Colleges To Remain Closed Today in 6 Districts; Exams Not to Be Cancelled

Schools and colleges will remain closed on Thursday in six districts in Kerala in view of the rain alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the state.

Written by: Sumaila Zaman Edited by: Sumaila Zaman

Updated: June 27, 2024, 9:15 AM IST

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Kerala School Closed:  In view of the rain alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the state, schools and colleges will remain closed on Thursday in six districts in Kerala. The districts that have declared the schools holidays are Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, and Wayanad. It is to be noted that all the professional exams which are scheduled for the day will not be cancelled.

Kerala Weather Update: Orange Alert For Wayanad and Kannur

For the past two years, several districts of Kerala have been receiving incessant rainfall. As per news agency ANI report, the Regional Met Centre of Thiruvananthapuram has issued an orange alert for the districts of Wayanad and Kannur. Meanwhile, a yellow alert has been issued for the districts of Kasaragode, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki and Ernakulam.

Earlier on Wednesday, an orange alert was issued for eight districts, including Wayanad, Kannur, Kasaragode, Kozhikode, Idukki, Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta, and Thiruvananthapuram. The IMD has also predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall, very likely along the West Peninsular Coast during the next 3-4 days and over northeast India, likely from June 27 to June 30. The rainfall activity is likely to increase over Northwest India, with heavy to very heavy rainfall likely from June 28 to June 30.

“The Northern Limit of Monsoon continues to pass through Mundra, Mehsana, Udaipur, Shivpuri, Siddhi, Lalitpur, Chaibasa, Haldia, Pakur, Sahibganj, and Raxaul. Conditions are likely to become favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into the remaining parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat State, Madhya Pradesh; some more parts of Rajasthan; remaining parts of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar; most parts of East Uttar Pradesh; some more parts of West Uttar Pradesh; some parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, northern parts of Punjab and northern parts of Haryana during next 3-4 days,” IMD in a press release said.

IMD Weather Forecast

• Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Gujarat Region, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Coastal Karnataka during 26th-30th; Tamil Nadu, North Interior Karnataka, Telangana, Saurashtra & Kutch on 26th & 27th and over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala & Mahe, South Interior Karnataka during 26th-28th June, 2024.
• Isolated very heavy rainfall very likely over Konkan & Goa, Coastal Karnataka on 27th & 28th; South Interior Karnataka, Kerala & Mahe on 26th & 27th; Tamil Nadu on 26th June.

(With ANI Inputs)