Holiday for schools, junior colleges in Mumbai, Thane on September 5

A picture of 2 people walking through floods

As a precautionary measure in view of heavy rainfall forecast, the Maharashtra government declared a holiday on Thursday in all schools and junior colleges in Mumbai, Thane and the Konkan region.

School education minister Ashish Shelar announced this on Wednesday on his official Twitter account @ShelarAshish. He said, "In view of heavy rains today and rainfall forecast, as a precautionary measure, holiday is declared for all schools and junior colleges in Mumbai, Thane and Kokan region tomorrow 5 Sep 2019." [sic]

Shelar added that district collector in other parts of Maharashtra will decide, based on local conditions. Earlier in the day, the Mumbai civic body had asked the schools in the city and suburbs to remain closed on Wednesday in view of heavy rainfall.

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