Overview

• Punjab has shut all government and private schools and colleges through August 30, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann citing heavy rain and IMD warnings.
• Jammu & Kashmir schools were confirmed closed for August 28 by Minister Sakina Itoo, and the Directorate of School Education later extended the shutdown across the Jammu division until August 30.
• Ganesh Chaturthi on August 27 prompted closures in Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, with Gujarat also observing Samvatsari on August 28.
• Kerala schools are on an Onam break through September 7 under the state academic calendar, with classes scheduled to resume on September 8.
• Additional local actions include a two-day closure in Jaipur that ended August 27, several Himachal districts ordering shutdowns under weather alerts, and an August 29 rain-related closure in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district.