- By Anshika Verma
- Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:25 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Noida School Closed: Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration has mentioned that all the schools will remain closed tomorrow on the account of Guru Dronacharya Mela at Dankaur. To ensure students safety, the administration has taken this decision. For the safety of children and to avoid traffic, the district administration has ordered all the schools to remain shut on Thursday, August 21, 2025
To make sure that students stay safe and to manage traffic, the district administration has stated that all the schools and colleges will remain closed in the Gautam Budh Nagar due to celebrations of the Guru Dronacharya Mela at Dankaur. Students will also get holidays on the occasion of the Ganesh Chaturthi and Onams in various states. With thousands of devotees participating in the Dronacharya Mela, authorities ordered the schools to remain closed to ensure safety of the students.
What is Guru Dronacharya Mela?
Guru Dronacharya Mela is organised in the name of Guru Dronacharya, he was the teacher of Kauravas and Pandavas during the period of Mahabharata. Being celebrated on a large scale, many roads will be closed due to the crowd in the Guru Dronacharya Mela. There are various special fairs and festivals are organised every year at the Guru Dronacharya temple at Dankaur in Greater Noida. In the celebration of the Guru Dronacharya Mela, cultural programmes and competitions will be conducted at the fair.
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Holiday on Ganesh Chaturthi:
Apart from these holidays, school students will get another holiday on Ganesh Chaturthi which will take place on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Moreover, students will get another holiday on August 26, 2025 as Onam as schools will remain closed in several states of India.
Schools Closed Amid Rainfall:
Meanwhile, amid an IMD Red Alert warning of heavy to severe rainfall, all the schools, colleges, training centres, and Anganwadis in Thane, Panvel, Navi Mumbai, and Lonavala were closed today, August 20, 2025. However, several other educational institutions in Mumbai are operating as usual after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) clarified that there is no holiday.