Punjab Education Minister Harjot Bains said on Sunday that the recently closed schools, colleges and universities will open from September 9 due to floods in the state.
The minister said that if a school or college is affected by floods, the decision to close it will be taken by the Deputy Commissioner concerned.
The Punjab government had ordered all schools, colleges and universities to be closed by September 7, recently in view of decades of decades in the state.
In a post on ‘X’ on Sunday, Bains said that all government, private and government aided schools, colleges and universities of the state will reopened.
He said, “On September 8, all government schools in the state will remain closed for students. Teachers will be present in schools and cleanliness campaign will be conducted in collaboration with panchayats, city councils and municipal corporations.
Bains said, “Teachers will conduct intensive inspection of school buildings. If a problem is found, it should be immediately informed to the Deputy Commissioner and Engineering Department of the district.”
He said that from September 9, all government schools will reopen normally. Bains said that it would be mandatory for the management of private schools to ensure that school buildings and classes are completely safe.
After heavy rains in the catchment areas of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, there has been a flood in large parts of Punjab due to the boom in Sutlej, Vyas and Ravi rivers and seasonal streams.
Apart from this, heavy rains in Punjab in recent times have further exposed the flood situation.
