Weather WatchRainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday

Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)

Forecast for Wednesday: Heavy/very heavy  rainfall  likelly at afew/isolated  places  central  Maharashtra,  Vidarbha,  Marathawada,  Konkan  &  Goa,  north  interior  Karnataka,  Telangana,coastal, north & south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe and Andaman & Nicobar  Islands

city rain max min city rain max min

Agartala................—....36.0....26.4 Kozhikode............... 15.6....31.0....22.6

Ahmedabad...........—....37.1....22.5 Kurnool .................. 30.7....29.0....24.0

Aizawl...................—....29.7....19.9 Lucknow......................—....36.2....22.6

Allahabad..............—....36.3....24.0 Madurai .......................—....33.9....25.1

Bengaluru .......... 4.6....23.0....20.2 Mangaluru .............. 30.3....24.8....22.3

Bhopal ..................—....33.9....23.4 Mumbai .......................—....32.8....26.4

Bhubaneswar.... 31.6....28.7....24.6 Mysuru ........................—....26.0....21.8

Chandigarh ...........—....34.8....22.4 New Delhi ...................—....35.4....19.8

Chennai ........... 17.9....34.2....25.5 Patna ..........................—....35.6....26.4

Coimbatore ........ 0.4....31.8....21.8 Port Blair................ 29.7....30.4....23.4

Dehradun ..............—....32.5....19.7 Puducherry ............... 0.3....34.2....25.6

Gangtok................—....22.8....16.1 Pune....................... 24.8....32.2....21.3

Goa.................... 9.9....30.0....23.9 Raipur .........................—....33.0....24.4

Guwahati ..............—....35.0....25.3 Ranchi ...................... 1.8....32.6....21.5

Hubballi ................—....25.0....21.0 Shillong.................... 1.6....25.2....16.8

Hyderabad ....... 45.4....24.4....21.4 Shimla.........................—....25.0....17.2

Imphal ..................—....31.6....19.1 Srinagar.......................—....26.1......5.2

Jaipur ...................—....36.0....21.6 Thiruvananthapuram....... 18....29.4....23.8

Kochi ............... 17.6....29.6....23.8 Tiruchi.........................—....34.5....26.2

Kohima .................—....24.2....17.3 Vijayawada ........... 162.8....29.0....24.2

Kolkata .................—....35.9....26.9 Visakhapatnam ........ 76.5....31.5....25.2

(Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius)

Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday

CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE

In observation made at4.00 p.m., Panipat,Haryana recorded anoverall air quality index(AQI) score of 340indicating an unhealthylevel of pollution. Incontrast, Shillong,Meghalaya recorded ahealthy AQI score of 27

Ahmedabad..... 33 124 .48 ..139 .116 ....*

Bengaluru ....... 16 .29 .39 ....82 ...72 ....*

Chennai .......... 11 .18 .62 ....29 .....— ....*

Delhi .............. 15 109 .74 ..320 .391 ....*

Hyderabad ...... 26 .19 .14 ..... — ...63 ....*

Kolkata........... ..9 .18 ...— ..105 ...96 ....*

Lucknow ......... ..4 .77 .37 ..246 .180 ....*

Mumbai .......... ..4 .39 110 ..134 .137 ....*

Pune............... ..— ...— ...— ..... — .....— ....—

Visakhapatnam ..— ...— ...— ..... — .....— ....—

Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI)

SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system,making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air

particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues

and monuments.

NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form byreacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters.

CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply tocritical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause

dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death.

PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes,nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced

lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature

death in people with heart or lung disease

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KARNATAKA

Many  parents  whose  childrenwere  admitted  under  the  RTEquota  to  private  schools  andhave  completed  Class  8  in  the201920 academic year are left inthe  lurch  as  the  State  government has not extended the RTEquota till Class 10.

School managements are asking these parents to pay the feesif they want their children to beadmitted to Class 9. As many parents are unable to pay the fees,their children have been deniedaccess to online classes, they alleged.  There  are  parents  whohave  pulled  out  their  childrenout of school and admitted themin  either  low  budget  privateschools  or  government  schoolsas  they  are  unable  to  pay  the

fees.  An  autorickshaw  driverwhose daughter completed Class8 in 201920 under the RTE quota  in  a  private  school  said  thatthe school was not allowing herto attend online classes for Class9 as the government has not extended it to this year. 

“I have not put her in anotherschool  as  I  am  waiting  for  theState government to take a decision. She has not touched a notebook  or  textbook  since  March.She  is  keen  on  studying,  but  I

cannot pay the ₹�40,000 that theprivate  school  is  asking  me  topay,” he said.

The State government, however, has not taken any decision inthis  regard  which  has  put  parents  in  a  dilemma.  While  theState  government  was  initiallymulling  over  the  possibility  ofextending  the  quota  beyondClass  8  for  students  from  Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribecommunities, the move was metwith  opposition  from  parentswho  were  not  from  these  communities  and  they  demandedthat it should be extended to allstudents.

Offi�cials of the Department ofPrimary  and  Secondary  Education said the State government isnot keen on extending this moveas it incurs a cost of around ₹�560crore on tuition reimbursementsto private schools. 

Across  all  classes,  5.06  lakhstudents are currently  studyingin private schools under the 25%reservation quota.

Parents demand extensionof RTE quota till Class 10 Many who are unableto pay the fees havebeen denied access toonline classes Staff Reporter

Bengaluru

A fi�le photo of children andparents at the online RTE seatallotment process. 

Hundreds  of  candidates  who  were  recruited as lecturers ina government  PU  college  staged  an  overnight protest as the Department  ofPreUniversity  Education  has  not  giventhem appointment orders even a year afterthey were selected.

Following  this,Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa  and  Primary  and  SecondaryEducation  Minister  S.Suresh Kumar assuredthem that the appointment orders would beissued  soon  after  thePU colleges reopen.

However, the candidates  have  not  withdrawn the protest anddemanded that the go

vernment  should  immediately  issue  appointment orders.

It  has  been  a  longwait for the candidateswho  applied  in  2015when a notifi�cation forrecruitment of PU colleges  was  issued.  Thecounselling  for  1,203candidates  has  beencompleted,  but  appointment orders havenot been given.

PU lecturers stage protestseeking appointment orderStaff Reporter

Bengaluru

The Railway Ministry on Tuesdayannounced  introduction  of  196pairs of festival special trains, mostly comprising interState long distance  services  to  be  operationalbetween October 20 and November 30, including about 28 pairs operating out of Karnataka.

These special trains were beingintroduced in view of the upcoming Dasara and Deepavali festivals. 

In a message to the GMs of ZonalRailways, the Ministry told them toensure the special services are operated at a minimum speed of 55kmph so that they become superfast  services.  The  Ministry  alsoasked the zones to operate the special services with more number ofAC 3Tier coaches that were in goodcondition. This was in line with therecent announcement of the Ministry  that  longdistance  superfast

trains would come to have more ACcoaches  in  the  place  of  SecondSleeper coaches. Fares applicablefor these special trains would be asthose applicable to special trains.

While a majority of trains operate from cities like Bengaluru, Mysuru and Hubballi, other parts ofKarantaka have not got their due,rue railway activists. Kalyana Kar

nataka did not get any festival specials, rued rail activist Sunil Kulkarni.  Places  such  as  Kalaburagi,Raichur, Yadgir, Bidar, Koppal andBallari did not get trains. Similarly,Mangaluru region too did not getany festival specials. Though Central Railway had proposed to reintroduce Mumbai CSMTMangaluruJunctionMumbai  CSMT  Special(earlier  12133/34),  the  same  appears  to have not been approvedby the Ministry.

Some of the trains to be operated from South Western Railway include,  Train  No.  02251/52  YeshwantpurKorbaYeshwantpur(weekly);  02253/54  YeshwantpurBhagalpurYeshwantpur  (weekly);02539/40  YeshwantpurLucknowYeshwantpur  (weekly);  02607/08and 02657/58 ChennaiBengaluruChennai (daily) and 06231/32 MayiladutaraiBengaluruMayiladutarai(daily). 

Special trains to operate from State till Nov. 30Anil Kumar Sastry

MANGALURU

The special trains are beingintroduced from October 20 inview of the upcoming festivals ofDasara and Deepavali.  * FILE PHOTO