Vizag West MLA visits rain-affected areas
The Hindu
Visakhapatnam West MLA P.G.V.R. Naidu (Gana Babu) visited the areas in 56th and 57th Wards of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Council (GVMC), which were severely affected due to the torrential rains,
Visakhapatnam West MLA P.G.V.R. Naidu (Gana Babu) visited the areas in 56th and 57th Wards of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Council (GVMC), which were severely affected due to the torrential rains, under the impact of Cyclone Gulab, on Monday.
He visited Rajeev Nagar and Mutyamamba Colony (56th ward) and Syam Nagar in 57th ward, where rainwater entered the colonies and houses, and spoke to the affected people. He directed the officials concerned to initiate measures to ensure quick relief to the residents. The MLA also appealed to the people living on hill slopes and in low-lying areas in the constituency to remain alert till the rains subsided fully.
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.