Hope of a new start fills Praveshanotsavam this year
The Hindu
The event marks a new academic year in Kerala schools
The day dawned like any other day in recent months for lakhs of students but for the fact that it was the start of a new academic year and one filled with still more challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The customary fun and excitement associated with school reopening was missing for the second consecutive year as the State-level Pravesanotsavam got under way in the presence of a limited crowd at Government Higher Secondary School for Girls, Cotton Hill, on Tuesday morning.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.