Dealing with incessant rains and messages for school holidays : How Tamil Nadu collectors React.

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By Shilpa Nair

November 11 2022

“Please announce a holiday, ma’am. I will build a temple for you in my heart.” This was a message sent by a student to Pudukkottai Collector Kavitha Ramu on her Instagram account

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Stressed about his studies, the boy almost spammed the collector’s inbox with his messages requesting for school holiday.

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And when Kavita Ramu finally did declare a rain holiday because of the heavy rain prediction, the student couldn’t contain his happiness and gratitude.

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“Thank you so much, ma’am. You mean a lot to us. I can’t forget you ma’am,” was his thank you message. He further went to call the collector “the angel”.

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Sometimes the students message asking for holidays because they had not done their homework or they had some exam, etc. Kavita Ramu told South First.

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On 4 November, a Twitter user asked the Tiruvallur District Collector Alby John if there was a possibility for holiday for colleges.

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He promptly responded in the negative.

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"We get regular updates about the rain situation in various parts of the district. When we cross-check their claims, we realise that there have been no rains at all in that particular area,” John laughingly said.

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Likewise, one of Virudhunagar District Collector Meghanath Reddy’s tweets responding to a holiday request had gone viral last year.

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“Sir, there is heavy rain in Virudhunagar district,” a Twitter user named Siva posted with a folded hands symbol.

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To this, Meghanath replied: “Thanks to your continuous prayers for a leave, it is raining heavily thambi (brother) in our district. So, schools and colleges will be closed tomorrow alone.”

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