Heavy rain in Belagavi, Bagalkot
The Hindu
Heavy rain in Belagavi and Bagalkot and parts of Maharashtra led to an increased inflow in the Krishna river course. Parts of Belagavi, Bagalkot and some parts of Vijayapura districts witnessed modera
Heavy rain in Belagavi and Bagalkot and parts of Maharashtra led to an increased inflow in the Krishna river course. Parts of Belagavi, Bagalkot and some parts of Vijayapura districts witnessed moderate to heavy rain on Sunday and Monday. But rainfall subsided by Monday evening. There were no reports of property damage or flooding from anywhere in Belagavi or Bagalkot districts. Water release from the Koyna Dam in Maharashtra increased to around 10,000 cusecs. Raja Lakhamagouda Dam on the Ghataprabha in Hidkal of Belgavi district received inflow at a rate of 11,243 cusecs. The dam has 48.9 tmcft of live storage against a gross storage of 51 tmcft. In the Renuka Sagar Dam on the Malaprabha, inflow was measured at a rate of 5,026 cusecs and outflow 3,094 cusecs.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.