All educational institutions will remain closed for three days in Telangana due to heavy rains and cyclonic storm.
All educational institutions will remain closed for three days in Telangana due to heavy rains and cyclonic storm.
The state government has declared a three-day holiday for all educational institutions, from schools to universities, in view of widespread, incessant rains.
Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao told a media conference after a review meeting to discuss the rain situation in the state that the holidays from July 11 to 13 would be applicable to technical as well as non-technical courses.
He said that under the influence of a cyclonic storm from South Odisha to Chhattisgarh, there is a possibility of heavy to very heavy rains in Telangana for four to five days, which is likely to intensify further. Due to heavy flow all the reservoirs and tanks were filling up. 9.10 lakh cusecs of water was flowing in Ethurunagaram’s Sammakka barrage. Similarly, the Sriramsagar project at Pochampada received 4 lakh cusecs and the present storage was 68 tmcft.
Discussing the steps taken to escalate the situation, he said that the entire government machinery was put on high alert and even the army was asked to deploy some helicopters to rescue the stranded people. was. He appealed to the people to avoid going on adventure drives along the culverts on the roads. Thousands of old and dilapidated houses were torn down. Residents of houses stuck in court cases were shifted to safer places.
The situation was worrisome in eight divisions of the erstwhile Nizamabad and Adilabad districts, where streams and drains were in spate.
Round the clock control rooms were set up at the Secretariat, GHMC and Municipal Administration Department Headquarters. Cloudburst was also reported in a limited area of Navipet, Nandipet and Mudhole mandals.
OU exam postponed
Meanwhile, Osmania University has postponed the examinations scheduled for July 11 to 13 and said that the new dates will be posted on the website (www.osmania.ac.in) in due course. However, all examinations scheduled to be held on and after July 14 will be held.