Education
Schools in West Bengal closed amid Omicron variant of Covid-19
West Bengal on Sunday reintroduced the restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 pandemic amid the fears stoked by the transmission of new Omicron strain of the virus. The schools and colleges will remain closed in West Bengal. At the same time, the private and government offices will function with 50 per cent capacity.
All schools, colleges, universities, salons, beauty parlours, gyms, zoos and entertainment parks will remain closed in West Bengal from Monday, said state chief secretary HK Dwivedi on Sunday. All government and private offices to operate at 50% capacity, all administrative meetings to be conducted via virtual mode, the chief secretary added.
“All academic activities in schools, colleges and universities shall remain closed. Only administrative activities shall be permitted with 50 per cent employees at a time,” an official order read.
The West Bengal government took the decision to announce the closure of schools and colleges after a review of the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic amid the concerns due to high rate of infectivity and multiple cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19.
West Bengal is also restricting the flight connectivity from national capital New Delhi and financial capital Mumbai. Bengal will operate flights from Delhi and Mumbai only twice a week on Monday and Friday, the state chief secretary added further.
Among other restrictions announced by the West Bengal government, local trains will operate with 50 per cent capacity till 7 pm.
This comes as two more people tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in West Bengal on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 16.
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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