Schools shut in over 20 Tamil Nadu districts as IMD predicts heavy rainfall

Schools will remain shut in over 20 districts of Tamil Nadu even as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy to very heavy rain in parts of the state on Friday. The IMD said that thunderstorms with heavy to very heavy rain are likely to occur over isolated places in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and…

Tamil Nadu braces for more rain, schools shut in 21 districts

The heavy downpours continued to trouble Tamil Nadu’s Chennai throughout Wednesday, November 17. The city on Wednesday night received 2 cm of rainfall. Schools and colleges in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Ranipet, Dindugal, Pudhukottai, Theni, Vellore, Ariyallur, Nagapattinam, Villupura, Thiruvarur,…

Kerala rain | Yellow alert in 8 districts, schools shut in 4

Ayellow alert has been issued in 8 Kerala districts for Tuesday, following heavy rain. Schools will remain shut in four districts. The India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kannur, Kasaragod and Kozhikode districts for Tuesday. All educational…

Schools shut, lockdown imposed in 61 Ahmednagar villages

The Ahmednagar district administration has imposed a 10-day lockdown in 61 villages that reported more than 10 cases of Covid-19 on a daily basis for the past few days. While announcing the decision, officials said that schools in these containment zones will remain shut while elsewhere they will reopen on…