All schools and colleges in West Bengal's Darjeeling have been ordered to remain closed for the remaining week. As per the official notice issued by the city's
Education Department, all educational institutions will remain closed from October 8 to October 10, 2025. This decision has been taken to ensure that students and teachers remain safe in the risky situation the city has been facing for the past two days. "Due to heavy rainfall and subsequent landslides occurred on the 4th and 5th October, 2025 the connectivity and the mobility have been disrupted in the entire region of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. Considering the ground aspects the competent authority of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has decided that all the educational institutions (Government, Government sponsored, Government aided, private, run by Missionaries, etc.) viz. primary schools, secondary schools, SSKs, MSKs, Colleges (both general & technical) will remain closed from 8th – 10th October, 2025. These educational institutions will reopen on the 13th October, 2025 (Monday)," the official notification read. -
