With the air quality in the national capital continuing to be 'severe', the Delhi government on Wednesday rescheduled the December winter break of all schools to November 9-18, according to a circular.
"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 of the Delhi Directorate of Education stated.
"Accordingly, all schools shall observe Winter Break wef. 09th November 2023 (tomorrow) to 18th November 2023 (Saturday)," it added.
The government had earlier announced holidays for schools till November 10.
In a related development, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the government will implement the odd-even scheme aimed at curbing vehicular pollution after the Supreme Court reviews its effectiveness.
He added that the government will submit two major studies by the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago and the Delhi Technical University conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of the car rationing scheme for the apex court review. This comes after the top court questioned the effectiveness of the scheme on Tuesday.
