HYDERABAD: As heavy rains lashed city on Monday, a barrage of fake messages flooded WhatsApp groups claiming that schools would remain shut on Tuesday. The widely-circulated messages, which even included a ‘government order’, were later found to be fake. The messages, led to confusion among parents, who did not receive any confirmation from schools or education department regarding the purported holiday. While TS government had declared Dasara vacation till October 4, many CBSE, ICSE schools were reopening on Tuesday.
“With waist-high water outside and pothole-ridden roads, the idea of sending children to school was scary,”said Sanjitha Nair, a resident of Marredpally.Much to her relief, she received a text declaring a holiday from her son’s school, DPS Nacharam, at 5.30 am. Silver Oaks too issued a notification to parents regarding the holiday. A few schools decided to declare a holiday after opening.
Fake GO creates confusion among state govt employees
A fake GO created by some persons created confusion among state government employees and general public on government holiday on Tuesday. According to sources, a fake GO with the signature of an official in GAD department started circulating in Whatsapp groups at 2 am on Tuesday that the government declared holiday on Tuesday due to rains. But, the said official was not on duty.Later, some officials alerted Chief Secretary SP Singh about the fake GO, who made it clear that Tuesday was a working day.