Heavy rains: Holiday declared for schools, PU colleges in Uttara Kannada, Kodagu on August 19
Karwar/Madikeri: In view of heavy rains, the Deputy Commissioner's of Uttara Kannada and Kodagu have declared a holiday for all schools and pre-university colleges on Tuesday, August 19.
Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner Lakshmi Priya, in an order issued on Monday, announced that Anganwadi centers, government schools, aided institutions, private schools, and PU colleges in Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Honnavar, Bhatkal, Sirsi, Siddapur, Yellapur, Joida, Dandeli, and Haliyal will remain closed to ensure the safety of students.
Similarly, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Venkat Raja declared a holiday for all Anganwadi centers, primary and high schools, and PU colleges across Kodagu district. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Kodagu, warning of heavy rains accompanied by strong winds on Tuesday.
The IMD has also issued an red alert for Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday.
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Indigo flights chaos: SCR to run special trains to clear passenger rush
Hyderabad (PTI): The South Central Railway on Saturday announced that it would run four special trains to manage the surge in passengers resulting from the large-scale cancellation of IndiGo flights here.
The move comes as flyers face significant disruption and long queues at the airport due to the cancellation.
A press release from the SCR said it is running the special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers to Chennai, Mumbai and Shalimar (Kolkata) from Hyderabad today.
Meanwhile, as many as 43 outbound Indigo flights were cancelled from here on Saturday, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport sources said.
Similarly, 26 incoming flights are also likely to be cancelled during the day, they said.
The flight cancellations drew ire from passengers, who thronged the IndiGo counters at the airport demanding to know the exact situation.
“This is utter nonsense! Digiyatra done, message received that departure has been rescheduled ahead of the scheduled departure and now upon arriving at Hyderabad airport coming to know at the security checkpoint that Indigo flight is cancelled,” Tarun Singha, former Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in a post on X.
“But the thing is if you don’t shout they do nothing. Example at Hyderabad Airport, there was no staff no flight information for an hour. Then a fellow passenger started shouting on mic and an Indigo staff appeared finally,” a netizen said in a post.
On Friday, when IndiGo cancelled over 1,000 flights from across airports, its CEO Pieter Elbers apologised in a video message for the major inconvenience caused to passengers due to the disruptions.
In the one-way video communication, Elbers also said that the airline was expecting fewer than 1,000 flights on Saturday.
