Dec winter break of schools now from Nov 9-18

A man performs yoga at a park amid smog, in New Delhi. Pic/PTI

In view of air pollution in the national capital, the December winter break of all schools has been rescheduled and it will be now from November 9 to November 18, a circular of the Delhi Directorate of Education stated on Wednesday. Earlier, due to bad air quality, holidays were announced from November 3 to November 10.

"In the wake of implementation of GRAP-IV measures due to Severe Air Quality prevailing in Delhi and seeing that no respite from such adverse weather conditions in near future is predicted by the IMO, the Winter Break for the session 2023-24 is ordered to be preponed so that schools can be totally closed and both children and teachers can stay at home," the circular stated.

"Accordingly, all schools shall observe Winter Break wef. 09th November 2023 (tomorrow) to 18th November 2023 (Saturday)," it stated. The air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the severe category again on Wednesday morning. Agencies

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The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday accused the Haryana government of being the "biggest culprit" behind pollution in Delhi, a day after the SC observed that there cannot be a "political battle" over the issue all the time. The apex court on Tuesday directed Punjab, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan to ensure crop residue burning was stopped "forthwith", saying it cannot let "people die".

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