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Kerala’s Kuttanad taluk schools shut on August 10 after heavy rain
District Collector Shaji V Nair has declared a holiday on Monday, August 10, for all educational institutions in Kuttanad taluk, Alappuzha district, due to waterlogging from heavy rain. The order covers professional…
The Story in Brief
District Collector Shaji V Nair has declared a holiday on Monday, August 10, for all educational institutions in Kuttanad taluk, Alappuzha district, due to waterlogging from heavy rain. The order covers professional colleges, Anganwadis and tuition centres in the taluk, as well as all schools functioning as relief camps across the district.
Mathrubhumi reports the decision was taken for student safety. Schools in other parts of the district will function normally. Previously scheduled examinations will not be postponed.
The Indian Opinion
Kerala again faces waterlogging, and again schools become relief camps while students lose class time. The narrative that the state is forever drowning in a rain 'crisis' distracts from a harder truth: decades of unchecked land-use and weak drainage infrastructure. Every monsoon exposes the same failure. The test is not whether the collector declares a holiday, but whether Alappuzha's drainage system will be upgraded before next year's rains.
Source: english.mathrubhumi.com
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