Patna schools up to class 8 closed till January 11 due to cold
Hindustan TimesThe Patna district administration has prohibited till January 11 academic activities till class 8 in all private and government schools due to prevalent cold weather and low temperature, said Chandra Shekhar Singh, Patna’s district magistrate, in an order issued on Sunday. Cold conditions prevailed in Bihar with Motihari recording 6.7 degree Centigrade, the state’s lowest minimum temperature on Sunday, amidst dense fog in the morning in north-western, central and south Bihar districts, according to the Indian Meteorological Department weather bulletin released Sunday afternoon. Patna recorded a minimum temperature of 10 degree Centigrade on Sunday, a drop of 0.5 degree Centigrade over the last 24 hours, while its maximum temperature was 14 degree Centigrade on Saturday. Patna’s minimum temperature, which was 7 degrees Centigrade on January 1 had, however, risen by 3 degrees Centigrade on Sunday.