Schools in Tamil Nadu directed to take monsoon preparatory measures

The School Education Department connected Sunday issued directions to schools successful the State to behaviour checks, and instrumentality precautions against monsoon-related incidents.

According to the circular issued by the department, classrooms damaged by rainfall are to beryllium locked. If the school’s perimeter partition gets damaged owed to rain, barriers should beryllium erected astatine a region of 20 feet from it, preventing students from approaching it.

“The roofs of each schoolhouse buildings should beryllium inspected periodically to guarantee that they are secure. Take precautions to forestall h2o from accumulating connected the roof,” S. Kannappan, Director of School Education Department, said.

Periodic checks should beryllium carried retired connected electrical components with schoolhouse premises. Electricity Board engineers should beryllium contacted if determination are unsafe high-voltage electrical poles oregon dangling wires for their removal, the circular added. 

Apart from these, h2o reservoirs, unfastened wells, septic tanks, and h2o tanks connected the premises should beryllium securely closed. Any histrion successful information of falling indispensable beryllium removed immediately.

Additionally, students indispensable beryllium trained to support themselves from diseases arising owed to seasonal changes.