Srinagar, Sept. 9 -- Amid mild rains, majority of the schools opened in Kashmir after five days as flood threat abated and water level in river Jhelum came down.

Officials said that all the government and private schools opened in Kashmir except for a few schools which have been affected by floods or have been turned into relief centres.

Education minister Sakina Itoo said that classes resumed in most of the schools after the government had announced closure of schools on September 3.

"Schools have opened today but some schools are still flooded which are closed," Itoo told reporters in Srinagar.

The government had closed schools on September 3 after the water levels in Jhelum had swelled owing to rains. On September 4 , the river Jhe...