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Kannauj: Teachers of primary school Mahsaunapur in Umarda area of Kannauj prepared an artificial swimming pool in the class room itself to provide facilities like a private school to the children and to provide relief from the heat. With temperatures rising above 40 degrees Celsius in various districts of Uttar Pradesh, a school in Kannauj converted one of its classrooms into a temporary swimming pool for students to combat the scorching heat and encourage attendance.
In the video, which has now gone viral on social media, several students can be seen frolicking in what seems like an artificial swimming pool inside a classroom at a primary school in Mahsaunapur village.
The school’s principal, Vaibhav Rajput, said that extreme heat had led to a decline in students’ attendance and, concerned about the situation, school administration took the decision. “Now children have started coming to school. They are both studying and enjoying the swimming pool in the classroom,” Vaibhav said.
Large swathes of India have been reeling from scorching heat with maximum temperatures soaring to 45 degrees Celsius on Monday.
Intensely hot conditions are expected in east India until May 1 and the south peninsular region over the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
The weather office also issued a red colour warning and said that extreme heat could scorch parts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha over the next two to three days. An orange colour warning is already in place for parts of Telangana, Karnataka and Sikkim.
People in areas where a red colour warning has been issued could develop heat illness and heatstroke and suggested taking extreme care. In orange-colour warning areas, there is a likelihood of heat illness in people who are either exposed to the sun for a prolonged period or doing heavy work.
The increasing heat is coinciding with the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, which began on April 19 and will continue till June 1.
