Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain pounded several parts of Kerala, triggering landslips and prompting authorities to declare holiday for educational institutions for select districts on Tuesday (August 14).
• The district collectors of Malappuram, Kozhikode, Palakkad and Wayanad have declared holiday for all educational institutions, including Aganwadis and professional colleges, on Tuesday.
• Schools which are functioning as relief camps in Ernakulam district and Thiruvalla and Kozhencherry taluks of Pathanamthitta district will also remain shut on Tuesday.
• All educational institutions, including Aganwadis and professional colleges, in Idukki, Devikulam and Udumbanchola taluks in Idukki districts have also been given a holiday.
• The Kannur University has postponed all exams scheduled for Tuesday.
• The Calicut University has postponed PG second semester exams of affiliated colleges. No change in other exams scheduled for the day.
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Landslides were reported from various places in Malappuram, Kozhikode, Idukki and Wayanad districts, as nearly one lakh people rendered homeless due to the deluge took refuge in hundreds of relief camps.
Pampa River flowing on the foothills of Sabarimala breached its banks at several places, damaging buildings and shops, flooding pathways and uprooting electric poles. As Pampa River is in spate, authorities asked Ayyappa devotees not to travel to the hillock shrine in Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta district.
Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the shrine, the district authorities and police have issued alerts to devotees and decided to stop them at various points till the water receded.
Heavy rain in the catchment areas close to the Sabarigiri hydroelectric project and the opening of the shutters of the Pampa and Anathode dams caused the flooding, authorities said.
The sluice gates of Moozhiyar and Kakki, the other two dams in Pathanamthitta district, were also opened after the water level rose sharply.
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