At a meeting chaired by CM Devendra Fadnavis, the cabinet cleared the upgradation of five primary ashram schools to secondary level and 19 secondary ashram schools to higher secondary (junior college) level. These institutions are run by voluntary organisations under the tribal development department

Both Mumbai and Thane are under a yellow alert, with the IMD predicting a spike in heat and humidity in isolated pockets from Wednesday. Weather conditions are expected to remain largely dry in these regions on Tuesday