Rain holiday for schools in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi amid red alert

Representational image of a woman and child walking in the rain in Udupi | Photo Credit: Umesh S. Shettigar

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner M. P. Mullai Muhilan on Thursday (June 12, 2025) declared a holiday for all schools and anganwadis on June 12 in view of the red alert for rains in the area.

Udupi Deputy Commissioner K. Vidyakumari also declared a holiday for schools and anganwadis in Udupi district on July 12, through an order on Wednesday.

The southwest monsoon has become active again after a brief halt of nearly two weeks, with rains lashing out in several parts of Karnataka in the early hours on Thursday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a seven-day warning for Karnataka, predicting “widespread” rainfall in nearly all districts until June 17.

In coastal Karnataka districts, the IMD has forecast “heavy to very heavy rain with sustained wind at 30 to 40 kilometre per hour (kmph), which likely to occur at a few places and extremely heavy rain likely to occur at one or two places over Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts.”

(With inputs from ANI)

Published - June 12, 2025 08:30 am IST