Gurugram School Reopen: Due to increasing pollution levels in Gurugram, schools were instructed to be closed. At the same time, now a new order has been issued by the Disaster Management Department. According to which schools will be able to open in the district and offline classes can be conducted. However, air pollution still remains at dangerous levels.
Gurugram School Reopen: Primary schools were closed in Gurugram due to pollution. At the same time, after the improvement in pollution situation, classes up to 5th will start again here. In this regard, officials said on Monday that classes from nursery to class five, which were suspended due to poor air quality, are about to resume. To protect school children in the National Capital Region (NCR) from increasing pollution, the Gurugram administration had on November 6 ordered closure of primary schools till further orders.
District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Chairman and Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav has issued orders to withdraw the decision of November 6. Now, primary schools across the district can resume classes in offline mode. The new order states that to avoid disruption, school managements were ordered to continue studies only in online mode, but now the order has been withdrawn with immediate effect.
However, the air quality in Gurugram was recorded in the “very poor” category on Monday, a day after Diwali. The city’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 349 on Monday. This index was up to seven times higher than normal. Last year, Gurugram’s AQI was recorded at 257 the day after Diwali. Manesar’s AQI was recorded at 328 on Monday, while 224 was recorded a day after Diwali in 2022.
According to experts, the city residents got some relief from the rain last week before Diwali, but after the fireworks on Sunday, the air quality once again deteriorated. The Meteorological Department said that there is no possibility of rain in the coming days. In such a situation, dangerous levels of air pollution may persist for a few days.
