Schools in Nepalgunj closed due to surge in cold

Kathmandu: A three-day holiday has been declared in community and institutional schools in Nepalgunj due to the increasing cold.

Gorkha Bahadur Thapa, Head of the Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City's Education, Youth and Sports Division said the schools will be closed from today till January 24.

He said a holiday has been given due to the excessive cold conditions and it would be adjusted from the monsoon holidays. It is difficult to run classes in schools due to the cold wave.

According to Thapa, parents had also been informally requesting the schools and the local government to give holidays due to the excessively cold weather.

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