Srinagar, June 21 -- Owing to the intense heatwave, the education authorities in Kashmir have again revised the school timings and brought the summer vacation schedule ahead to July 1.

Education minister Sakina Itoo said that due to the high temperatures, the schools will now close at least an hour earlier from Saturday. "Since the heatwave is very intense and children are suffering, we have decided to change the school timings. In municipal areas, the classwork will be from 8 am to 1 pm and in the areas outside the municipal limits, the timings will be from 8.30 am to 1.30 pm," Itoo told reporters.

So far, the schools falling under Srinagar municipal limits were functioning from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm and those falling outside the municipa...