Municipal bodies of Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, and Bhiwandi have declared an official school holiday for today August 19, as well. “Considering the safety of school students due to the heavy rainfall in the city of Brihanmumbai, a holiday is being given to the students of all managements and all mediums of primary/secondary/private aided/unaided schools as well as teachers and non-teaching staff in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation area on Tuesday,’ said the notice.

As per the notice, any trainings and exams scheduled for Tuesday are to be rescheduled for later at the school level. This comes after the heavy rains on Monday, which called for early school closures in and around the city. Schools situated in Dadar, Sion, Mahim, and Matunga were seen sending the secondary school students home early after flooding reports.

“The secondary school students who were already on school grounds were sent home as and when the parents came to pick them up. While the BMC did not declare a holiday in the morning, we had begun taking precautionary measures after the heavy downpour,” said a school principal. Schools around Mahim and Mazgaon also took cognisance of where the parents and students were arriving from. Students from flood-prone neighbourhoods like Chinchpokli, Byculla, Sion, and Dharavi, among others, were allowed to leave early for the day.