NEW DELHI: Schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next 5 days till January 12 for students from Nursery to Class 5 Due to prevailing cold weather conditions, said Delhi Minister Atishi on Sunday.

“Schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next 5 days due to the prevailing cold weather conditions, for students from Nursery to Class 5,” Atishi said in a post on X.

The Delhi government, in the previous order, extended the winter break till January 10 in all the government-aided and unaided recognized private schools of the national capital territory (NCT) in light of ‘extreme cold waves and IMD’s yellow alert’.

However, hours after the issuance, the Delhi government retracted that order pertaining to the extension of winter vacation in schools within the national capital.

A cold day to severe cold day was the state of the weather in Delhi, parts of East Rajasthan, northwest Rajasthan, Haryana and in isolated pockets over Punjab amid the unavailability of sunlight.

The maximum temperatures recorded at various stations displayed a significant departure from the normal range for this time of year.

Cold to severe cold conditions are likely to continue over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan during the next 1 day and a significant decrease thereafter, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Maximum temperatures are in the range of 9-12°C over many parts of Punjab and Haryana; and in the range of 13-16 °C over north Rajasthan, Delhi, northwest Madhya Pradesh and some parts of Uttar Pradesh.

It is below normal by 4-9°C over these areas.

Minimum temperatures are in the range of 6-15°C over Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, northwest Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.

Today, the lowest minimum temperature of 2.0°C was reported at Sikar (East Rajasthan).

The skyline over Delhi remained grey as a cold conditions continued to grip the city.

(ANI)