Giants Group Udupi, TA Pai English Medium School, PTA organise Teachers Day celebrations
Udupi: Giants Group of Udupi, T A Pai English Medium High School, Kunjibettu and Parents Teachers Association of EMH Kunjibettu jointly organised teachers day celebrations in the school premises here on Thursday to mark Teachers Day.
Retired Headmaster of the school Gopalakrishna Rao was felicitated at the event. He also delivered the keynote address.
Giants Welfare Foundation's Central Committee member Dinakar K Amin and Laxmikant Beskoor of Udupi Group also addressed the event that was presided over by PTA President, Ashok Kumar Shetty.
School Headmaster, Manjunath introduced the guests while school teacher welcomed the event.
Ramesh Poojary, Unit Director, Yeshwanth DA, Ganesh Ural, Iqbal Manna VP, Rajesh Shetty, Jagadish Amin, Usha Ramesh, were present on the occasion.
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Metro services begin in Bhopal; excited residents flock to take rides, selfies
Bhopal (PTI): On the first day of the commercial run of the Metro services in Bhopal on Sunday, hundreds of residents enthusiastically took rides, expressing confidence that it will save time and provide relief from traffic jams.
An official said that the Metro’s first service began at 9 am from the AIIMS station, and by 6 pm, 5,731 people had travelled on the new mass-transit corridor.
He said that people, along with their family members, had been lining up for tickets since early morning. Several users were seen taking selfies and photos inside the Metro rakes and at stations.
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Earlier on Saturday, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated the Metro service by flagging off a train from Subhash Nagar station on a 7.5-kilometre stretch, called the “Priority Corridor”.
With this, Bhopal became the 26th city in the country and the second city in Madhya Pradesh, after Indore, to have the Metro service.
Rao Singh, who took a Metro ride, told PTI Videos that besides saving time and money, the new mode of transport will provide relief from traffic jams and pollution.
Another passenger, who identified himself as Chetan, said he was happy that Bhopal is now on the “Metro list”.
Office-goers will benefit a lot due to the Metro service, said a young man named Akshay.
While the estimated cost of the 30.8-km-long Bhopal Metro project is Rs 10,033 crore, a sum of Rs 2,225 crore was spent on the ‘Priority Corridor’, according to officials.
