Chandigarh: Haryana has announced special holidays for all school children in the state October 8 to 13 to enable them to watch the Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be organized in New Delhi, an official spokesman said on Monday.

The 2010 CWG, the biggest sporting event to be held in India, are being held in New Delhi October 3-14 this year.

Haryana had earlier announced that October 14 will be observed as a public holiday in the Gurgaon district in view of the closing ceremony of the CWG.

State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati said the Haryana government has decided to observe October 14 as a public holiday in all its public offices, including educational institutional, boards and corporations, situated within the limits of Gurgaon. IANS