Report by Orissadiary correspondent; Bhubaneswar: The  Orissa government on Tuesday declared an early summer vacation for schools that has caused one person’s death.
Both the private and government schools in the state have been ordered to declare an early summer vacation from Wednesday,' Revenue Secretary G.V.V. Sarma told.
'Usually the summer vacation starts from the 1st of May every year but we have asked the school authorities to declare it early this year because temperature has crossed 44 degrees Celsius in many parts of the state,' he said.
'However, teachers and the school staff have been asked to attend office as usual and do work assigned to them,' Sarma said.He said 23 deaths have been reported during the past 30 days but the government has confirmed only one death due to sunstroke.
The meteorological office here Tuesday said the heat wave condition is prevailing in several areas of the state, which recorded maximum temperature of over 44 degrees Celsius Monday.