‘Ensure safe environment in schools, colleges’
The Hindu
Members of Students’ Federation of India staged demonstration here on Wednesday urging the government to ensure safe environment on school and college premises when the educational institutions reopen
Members of Students’ Federation of India staged demonstration here on Wednesday urging the government to ensure safe environment on school and college premises when the educational institutions reopen after the prolonged pandemic-induced lockdown. They said the schools and the colleges that were closed indefinitely after the COVID-19 outbreak were about to be reopened to receive the students again. The pandemic had left several families shattered after their breadwinners had either lost their livelihood or losing their life to the dreaded viral infection. Consequently, a good number of students had been forced to become breadwinners to feed their families. When the educational institutions conducted the online classes, the students from rural areas and the hilly regions, who did not have high-end communication gadgets could not have access to these classes owing to poverty and poor communication signals.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.