LAHORE: Authorities have announced the closure of 16 colleges in flood-affected areas of Lahore division for two days.
According to a notification issued by the Director of Colleges, the institutions will remain shut on August 29 and 30.
In Lahore, colleges located in Shahdara, Chuhang and Bund Road will remain closed. In Sheikhupura district, institutions in Sarai Mughal, Ferozewala, Khanqah Dogran and Narang Mandi have been ordered shut.
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Similarly, colleges in Mandi Faizabad and Syedwala (Nankana Sahib district), as well as Kanganpur (Kasur district), will also observe two days of closure.
The notification further directed that electricity supply to the closed colleges be suspended immediately.
