Schools reopen amidst water woes, heat, pray for better days
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.06.2019
Braving mercury that hovered around 36 degrees Celsius, nearly a million students in and around Chennai city returned to schools on Monday after the summer vacation.
The rush, though expected, of students and their parentsled to long traffic snarls on many roads in Santhome, Adyar, Kilpauk and Gopalapuram in the morning hours and when the classes ended in the afternoon.
Citing the first day and the heat conditions, managements of many schools let students go home around noon. For students of higher classes, some schools scheduled the classes from 6am to noon.
Though most schools managed the first day without water shortage, managements are concerned about how the situation will develop.
“We now get water from borewells in our school. But it won’t be enough to supply water to the entire school in the coming days. We hope it rains,” said V Shanthi, headmistress of Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School in T Nagar. Monday was tough, she said. “We need more than 2,000 litres of water to keep our toilets clean,” she said.
Many principals said it was a test for them on the first day. Teachers and other staff in Chennai Corporation schools complained of severe water scarcity. “Metrowater supplied 9,000 litres of water on Monday, but this may not last for more than three days. And we don’t have groundwater in our area,” said a headmaster of a corporation school.
Students of corporation and government schools received free books and notebooks on the first day of classes.
Citing the first day and heat conditions, many schools let students go home around noon
HOLIDAY HANGOVER: A girl pleads with her mother not to leave her at school
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.06.2019
Braving mercury that hovered around 36 degrees Celsius, nearly a million students in and around Chennai city returned to schools on Monday after the summer vacation.
The rush, though expected, of students and their parentsled to long traffic snarls on many roads in Santhome, Adyar, Kilpauk and Gopalapuram in the morning hours and when the classes ended in the afternoon.
Citing the first day and the heat conditions, managements of many schools let students go home around noon. For students of higher classes, some schools scheduled the classes from 6am to noon.
Though most schools managed the first day without water shortage, managements are concerned about how the situation will develop.
“We now get water from borewells in our school. But it won’t be enough to supply water to the entire school in the coming days. We hope it rains,” said V Shanthi, headmistress of Vidyodaya Girls Higher Secondary School in T Nagar. Monday was tough, she said. “We need more than 2,000 litres of water to keep our toilets clean,” she said.
Many principals said it was a test for them on the first day. Teachers and other staff in Chennai Corporation schools complained of severe water scarcity. “Metrowater supplied 9,000 litres of water on Monday, but this may not last for more than three days. And we don’t have groundwater in our area,” said a headmaster of a corporation school.
Students of corporation and government schools received free books and notebooks on the first day of classes.
Citing the first day and heat conditions, many schools let students go home around noon
HOLIDAY HANGOVER: A girl pleads with her mother not to leave her at school
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