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IMD Rain Alert Closes Jaisalmer Schools, Dausa Reports Overflowing Dam

The district order keeps students home, with all school and anganwadi staff directed to report for duty.

Overview

  • Jaisalmer’s district collector ordered a student holiday for Classes 1–12 after the IMD forecast heavy rain in the next 24 hours.
  • All teaching and non-teaching staff at schools and anganwadi centres must attend work at their scheduled times.
  • The administration warned that any institution violating the closure order will face disciplinary action.
  • Dausa recorded about 177 mm of rain as the Haripura dam overflowed, with relief teams on alert and officials deployed on the ground.
  • State minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced Rs 16 crore for repairs to nearly 650 schools and 16 dams and pledged compensation for crop losses.