Administration advised people to stay in homes

Record rain has created havoc in Lucknow-capital Lucknow within a day. People say that it had not rained so heavily recently. There has been a power outage in most areas of the capital. From 3 o’clock in the morning, the commissioner and the city commissioner have left to take stock of the situation. In view of the situation, Commissioner Dr. Roshan Jacob has ordered the closure of all government, non-government, recognized and private schools in the district on Friday. Apart from this, all government and non-government offices have also been closed. The administration has advised people to stay indoors.
Order: Due to excessive rainfall in the entire area of ​​Lucknow district, on the basis of the water logging information given by the Municipal Commissioner at 3.45 am today, on 16 September 2022, on the basis of water logging in all the urban and rural areas up to class 12 of all the boards. Holiday is declared in all government / non-government / private schools.
This order is being made available to all the schools immediately through the medium of WhatsApp etc. so that parents can be informed in time.
Surya Pal Gangwar
District Magistrate Lucknow

Universities and other higher educational institutions have also been advised. The Vice Chancellor will decide the holidays in the universities at his level. Due to the heavy rains that started from midnight, many areas of the capital were flooded. To avoid the possibility of an accident, power had to be cut in all the areas. When the information about water filling in the municipal control room started coming from place to place, at 3 in the morning all the big officers including Commissioner Dr. Roshan Jacob and Municipal Commissioner Inderjit Singh went on a tour. In many areas including River Bank Colony, Shaktinagar, Triveni Nagar, officials visited and took stock. The work of extracting water by installing pumping sets is being done on a war footing. The administration has advised people to stay in their homes when it is not very necessary.
Let us inform that the Indian Meteorological Department had issued a warning of heavy to heavy rain yesterday. IMD’s satellite image showed a gathering of dense clouds over Lucknow. In the order issued by DM Suryapal Gangwar early in the morning, it has been told that on the basis of the information received from the Municipal Commissioner at 3:45 in the morning, on September 16, all government, non-government and private schools in urban and rural areas of all boards up to class XII. Holiday has been declared for He also directed the schools to immediately provide this information to the parents through WhatsApp etc.