Extreme heat to cut school days in Pakistan again
Many school buildings are not equipped with air conditioning. And the students' journeys to school in the intense heat pose their own health risks.
"This step will protect children from heatstroke and a possible outbreak of diarrhoea," disaster agency's chief Irfan Ali said.
The daytime temperatures in parts of the province with a population of nearly 130 million hovers around 50 degrees Celsius during the scorching summer months. — dpa
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