India, Aug. 19 -- All schools and colleges in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, which includes both the city and its suburbs, will remain closed on Tuesday, August 19, announced the city's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday evening.

This comes after the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for Mumbai, indicating that the city is very likely to receive very heavy rainfall on Tuesday.

In view of the same, the District Disaster Management Authority declared a holiday for all government, private and municipal schools and colleges in Mumbai (city and suburbs).

However, to make sure that studies go on uninterrupted, some schools have decided to shift classes to online mode.

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