SALLERI, Jan. 13 -- Over 100 community schools in Solukhumbu have been closed due to the increasing cold.

Altogether 101 out of 267 community schools in the district have been closed due to extreme cold, said Solukhumbu District Education and Coordination Unit official Birama Kumari Khadka. Other schools in the district are also preparing to declare winter holidays.

A total of 58 out of 62 community schools in Solu Dudh Kunda Municipality, 14 out of 17 schools in Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality and seven out of 51 schools in Thulung Dudh Koshi Rural Municipality have been closed.

Similarly, eight out of 19 schools in Mahakulung Rural Municipality and six out of 22 schools in Likhupike Rural Municipality have been closed. Four ou...