Chennai school holiday has been declared for select private schools amid security concerns. Earlier in the day, few schools received bomb threat emails due to which students were sent back home. Parents have been asked to pick their children from schools, Education News, Times Now
Briefing about the restoration work that is underway in Chennai after cyclone Michaung hit the city, Tamil Nadu chief secretary Shiv Das Meena on Thursday said that 9,000 officials from other districts are deployed for the relief work.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin instructed all concerned officials to take precautionary measures, including evacuating people from the places likely to be hit by the cyclone michaung.