Intense rain disrupts normal life
The Hindu
Puducherry administration announces holiday for schools, colleges for two days
The district administration has declared a holiday on Monday and Tuesday for schools and colleges in Puducherry and Karaikal following forecast of heavy rain for the next few days.
Incessant overnight rain and intense showers through the day disrupted normal life and inundated several low-lying areas across the city and suburbs.
Puducherry received rainfall of 37 mm for the period from 8.30 a.m. on Saturday to 8.30 a.m. on Sunday and 78 mm of rainfall on Sunday till 4 p.m., District Collector Purva Garg said.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.