Goa Schools Closed Today, Holiday Announced Due to Heavy Rains

Amid India Meteorological Department of India, IMD issuing alert for rains, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has announced that schools will be closed today. Schools holiday has been announced for pre-primary to the 12th standard students. The Chief Minister said that this order is only for schools. Anganwadis and all the government and private offices will function as per their schedule.He further informed that 80 people who were stranded at the waterfall, has been rescued by the team of emergency services officials. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said, "The Director of Education has been asked to issue a circular that there will be a holiday on Monday as a red alert has been declared and due to this, all the schools of Goa from pre-primary to the 12th standard will remain closed tomorrow."He further said, "All the roads are overflowed, and water has been filled everywhere. Due to this, we have declared a holiday for one day. But, it is not a government holiday, government offices and everything else will remain open as usual. My request to all the people is that there is heavy rainfall in all the places of Goa and hence one should not go out of the house without any need but only if there is an emergency work... Eighty people who were stranded at the waterfall have been rescued..."IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places over Konkan & Goa. Recently Uttarakhand Government also closed schools in Kumaon district. All government as well as private schools were closed due to heavy rains. Indian Meteorological Department, IMD has issued red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in several states of India. Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Goa are some of the places experiencing hevy rainfall these days.(With inputs from ANI)