BIRGUNJ, Jan. 14: The government and private schools of Parsa, Bara and Rauthat districts have been closed for a week owing to severe cold.
Also because of the cold, the pressure of patients suffering from pneumonia, coughs, asthma and tonsilitis has increased at government and private clinics in the Terai belt, it is learnt from doctors. The concerned DDCs and municipalities have made provisions for lighting bonfires at various places in Birgunj, Kalaiya and Gaur for the public to keep warm.
With the increased cold, shops open only after 11 a.m. and close by 6 p.m. and this is the main difficulty now faced by traders in Birgunj, lamented Jawahar Prasad Gupta, who has a shop close to the clock tower.