Gouravelli reservoir getting ready for inauguration
The Hindu
The construction of Gouravelli reservoir at Gudatipally village in Akkannapet mandal of Siddipet district is nearing completion and all the main works will be over by June 25.
The construction of Gouravelli reservoir at Gudatipally village in Akkannapet mandal of Siddipet district is nearing completion and all the main works will be over by June 25.
Even the right side main canal works for about 47 km and the left side main canal works for about 16 km have been completed. The works of distributary canals have to be taken up. The main village Gudatipally and about five tandas adjacent to that were already vacated and the houses dismantled.
“Except for a case at Green Tribunal, all the cases have been cleared and we are hopeful that it would be completed soon. We are approaching Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) seeking time for Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s visit to inaugurate the reservoir after June 25. Once it is finalised, the date for inauguration will be announced,” MLA V. Satish Kumar told The Hindu.
Several principals of government and private schools in Delhi on Tuesday said the Directorate of Education (DoE) circular from a day earlier, directing schools to conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, had caused confusion regarding day-to-day operations as they did not know how many students would return to school from Wednesday and how would teachers instruct in two modes — online and in person — at once. The DoE circular on Monday had also stated that the option to “exercise online mode of education, wherever available, shall vest with the students and their guardians”. Several schoolteachers also expressed confusion regarding the DoE order. A government schoolteacher said he was unsure of how to cope with the resumption of physical classes, given that the order directing government offices to ensure that 50% of the employees work from home is still in place. On Monday, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) had, on the orders of the Supreme Court, directed schools in Delhi-NCR to shift classes to the hybrid mode, following which the DoE had issued the circular. The court had urged the Centre’s pollution watchdog to consider restarting physical classes due to many students missing out on the mid-day meals and lacking the necessary means to attend classes online. The CAQM had, on November 20, asked schools in Delhi-NCR to shift to the online mode of teaching.