Re-Opening of Schools In Vihar

With the cold relenting, Bihar students were back in school on Monday after a prolonged winter break.

The Human Resource deveopment(HRD) department on sunday decided to open all government and private schools. "We ordered to reopen all schools as there is respite from the cold weather," HRD principal secretary Anjani Kumar Singh said.

"All public and private schools remained closed as the intense cold forced the government to extend the closure of schools four times in the past three weeks. It has hit schools education," said Shanti Sinha, the mother of a student.

The cold wave claimed nearly 100 lives in Bihar over the past two weeks. Dense fog disrupted air and rail services. IANS