Jammu: Closure of faculties prolonged until Tuesday amid heavy rains

Within the wake of heavy rains forecast, authorities in Jammu on Monday prolonged the closure of all authorities and personal faculties by one other day, whereas the College of Jammu additionally postponed all examinations until September 4.

In a forecast issued this night, the native meteorological workplace predicted average to heavy rainfall in most elements of Jammu division on September 2 and three.

“There's a chance of heavy to very heavy rainfall over Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur and Reasi and average to heavy rainfall over Doda, Samba, Rajouri, Poonch, Ramban, and Kishtwar in Jammu area and Anantnag and Kulgam in south Kashmir primarily in the direction of late night time of September 2 or early morning of September 3 until late afternoon,” a spokesperson of the Met workplace stated.
There's a chance of cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides or taking pictures of stones from hillocks at many susceptible locations and rise in water degree in rivers and streams, he stated, asking folks to avoid water our bodies and keep away from landslide-prone areas.

Greater than 130 folks, largely pilgrims, have been killed and over 120 injured whereas 33 remained untraced following cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods in Kishtwar, Kathua, Reasi and Ramban districts since August 14.

The document rainfall on August 26-27 additionally brought about flash floods in low-lying areas in Jammu and different plains, inflicting widespread injury to private and non-private properties.There was no work within the faculties final week owing to their closure as a precautionary measure amid inclement climate.”In view of the climate alerts and constant rainfall inflicting landslides in hilly areas, and as a way to guarantee the protection of scholars and workers, it's hereby ordered that each one authorities and personal faculties throughout Jammu division shall proceed to stay closed on September 2,” Naseem Javaid Chowdhary, Director Faculty Training, Jammu, stated in an order right here.

Moreover, he directed that on-line courses be carried out wherever attainable.

College of Jammu additionally issued a notification to tell its college students that each one the examinations scheduled to be held on September 2, 3 and 4 are postponed.

Recent dates will likely be notified afterward, the college stated.