School holidays: Are schools closed on August 20 in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel amid heavy rain? Look here

In the midst of the Indian meteorological department’s red warning for very heavy rain, schools and colleges in the areas around Mumbai will remain closed on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. However, officials or the administration issued no notice for the Mumbai region until 10:20. Mumbai Mumbai schools are likely to have a working day on Wednesday, August 20. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shared a screenshot on its official X handle claiming that schools in Mumbai declared a holiday on August 20, but the BMC rejected it as a falsehood. “This message is false. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has not issued such information via its official social media platforms,” BMC said in a post about its official X handle. Navi Mumbai, with a view to heavy rainfall, declared Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation a holiday for all schools in the area on Wednesday. The NMMC shared the public notice on X, saying: “In light of the heavy rainfall, a holiday for tomorrow 20 August 2025 was declared for all schools under the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and all mediums in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation area.” Panvel Panvel Municipal Corporation also followed, saying that the schools of the area will remain closed on Wednesday due to the red warning for heavy rain. “In the background of heavy rainfall, a holiday was declared for all schools and colleges within the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation,” they wrote in an X post. Thane Thane Municipal Corporation also declared a holiday for all schools, all media and management tomorrow, August 20. “In the background of the constant heavy rainfall in Thane district, a holiday was declared for all types of schools, over all mediums and all management, in Thane District on August 20, 2025,” they wrote in an X post. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the next 48 hours would be crucial to the districts of Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, who are currently under red warning. Why does Mumbai receive so much rain? According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the rainfall activity is linked to a depression that moved across South Azisha and Chhattisgarh on Tuesday morning and is expected to weaken within 12 hours in a low-pressure area. Mons apartments, including the foreign trough running from South Gujarat to Northern Calala and an upper air circulation across the northeastern Arabic, also contributes to the strong rainfall activity over Maharashtra, according to the latest version of the Weather Observatory.