Cold spell to continue; classes suspended in Patna till Jan 16

Patna, Jan 14 (PTI) Bihar today reeled under intensecold conditions with Dehri in Rohtas district recordingminimum temperature in the state at 4.8 ...

Patna, Jan 14 (PTI) Bihar today reeled under intensecold conditions with Dehri in Rohtas district recordingminimum temperature in the state at 4.8 degrees Celsius.

The meteorological department has warned of cold waveand dense fog conditions at many places in the state over thenext four days.

In the wake of the prevalent weather conditions, PatnaDistrict Magistrate Kumar Ravi has directed all government andprivate school authorities to suspend academic activities forstudents up to Class VIII till January 16.

The DM has also ordered the school authorities tostart academic activities for Classes IX to XII after 9:30 am.

"Cold day conditions were observed at Patna andBhagalpur today. Purnea, Bhagalpur and Patna may witness denseto very dense fog tomorrow... Gaya may also experience verydense fog or mist in the morning," a Met department releasesaid.

Cold day condition is declared when minimumtemperature touches 10 degrees or lower and the maximumtemperature hovers around 4.5 - 6.4 degrees below normal.

As per Patna met office bulletin, Gaya recorded aminimum temperature of 4.8 degrees today.

The state capital, too, experienced piercing cold wavewith temperature at 6.1 degrees. The minimum temperature inBhagalpur and Purnea districts touched 6 degrees and 8 degreesrespectively. PTI ARRMS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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