Shortage of water in Mount Abu led to closure of all boarding schools for a month beginning May 15. For the first time in academic history of of the hill station, the boarders were exiled to the sweltering heat of the plains, the temperature crossing over 46 C, at times and the innocents were exposed to uncomfortable existence, acute inflation, scams, accidents, terrorism and so on.
The two schools of prestigious standing namely St. Mary's High School for boys and Sophia High School for girls, reopened on Monday the 14th June with a sunny morning. It being midway to the beginning of the monsoon, the clouds abscond and dryness persists, adding to the woes of suffering population, mostly the business community, that is financially hit on account of a poor summer seasonal as well as school business.
