Schools Closed in Several Districts in Tamil Nadu Amid Heavy Rainfall

All government and private schools in Tamil Nadu’s Thirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Viruthunagar, Theni, Pudhukottai, Nilgiri districts have been declared shut today, November 23 amid heavy rainfall in the region, reported PTI.

Earlier, Puducherry and Karaikal regions too have received incessant rain in the last 24 hours which prompted the territorial government to declare a holiday for schools in the region on Wednesday. Puducherry recorded 5 cm rainfall during the last 24 hours which concluded at 8.30 am while Karaikal experienced 9 cm rainfall.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued an orange alert for some parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on Nov 22. “Light to moderate rainfall at most places with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall and isolated extremely heavy rainfall is very likely over Kerala and Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal today, the 22nd November,” the department said on microblogging site X. (sic)

Further, on Nov 21, the governments of Tamil Nadu and Kerala had issued advisories to people urging them to be cautious in view of the heavy rainfall. An MTC bus was stuck in a subway in Chennai’s Moolakkothalam area due to waterlogging. The bus was later removed with the help of the Transport Department and Corporation workers.

Since the last few weeks, classes have been suspended in schools, colleges, and other educational institutes across several districts of Tamil Nadu for quite some time due to heavy rainfall and flooding. Last week, the district collector of Chennai, Rashmi Siddharth Zagade, announced a holiday for schools in the city on November 15. Schools and other educational institutions in Villupuram, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, and Nagapattinam were also declared closed on the same day.