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RGUKT-Basar extends Dussehra holidays over El Nino, water crisis
The Story in Brief
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies (RGUKT)-Basar has extended Dussehra holidays for students until further orders, citing El Nino conditions and a drinking water shortage on campus. An order issued on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, deferred the recommencement of classes for students from PUC 1 to Engineering 4.
The university reportedly supplies 15 lakh litres of water daily against a requirement of 25 lakh litres, with an irrigation tank going dry due to scanty rainfall. Authorities extended the holidays fearing inconvenience to around 9,000 students. The date for resuming classes will be communicated later. Officials are planning to draw water from the Godavari river as a solution.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The extended holidays mask a deeper infrastructure failure: the campus cannot meet even 60% of its daily water need. With 9,000 students absent, the university buys time to secure alternate supply from the Godavari. That plan has no deadline, so the disruption to the academic calendar remains open-ended. The next concrete step is the announcement of a new class resumption date.
Source: telanganatoday.com
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