<p>Panaji: In a late evening announcement, the Goa Education Department on Sunday declared a holiday for schools up to Class 12 on Monday (July 15) citing heavy rains in the coastal state.</p><p>The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert in Goa for Monday amid heavy downpours lashing the state for the past three days.</p>.Konkan trains cancelled as water oozes out of Goa's Pernem tunnel.<p>Due to heavy showers and the red alert sounded by the IMD, all schools from Std I to Std XII across Goa will remain shut on Monday, State Education Director Shailesh Zingde told reporters.</p><p>The holiday has been declared for the safety of students, he added.</p><p>According to IMD, in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, Pernem in North Goa received 210 mm of rainfall, which it described as “extremely heavy”.</p>
<p>Panaji: In a late evening announcement, the Goa Education Department on Sunday declared a holiday for schools up to Class 12 on Monday (July 15) citing heavy rains in the coastal state.</p><p>The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert in Goa for Monday amid heavy downpours lashing the state for the past three days.</p>.Konkan trains cancelled as water oozes out of Goa's Pernem tunnel.<p>Due to heavy showers and the red alert sounded by the IMD, all schools from Std I to Std XII across Goa will remain shut on Monday, State Education Director Shailesh Zingde told reporters.</p><p>The holiday has been declared for the safety of students, he added.</p><p>According to IMD, in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, Pernem in North Goa received 210 mm of rainfall, which it described as “extremely heavy”.</p>