Mt Abu receives highest rainfall for second day

Mount Abu in Sirohi district continued to receive the highest rainfall in the state for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.

The hill station received 733.6 mm of rain, marginally less than 773 mm it recorded Monday. In the last 72 hours, the district has received 1,724 mm of rainfall, data from the water resources department showed.

Meanwhile, Sirohi, Jalore and Pali districts too recorded abnormal rainfall in last 72 hours, while Barmer received abnormal rainfall in the last 24 hours.

Sanchore town in Jalore remained flooded and the Sanchore lift canal was damaged, the department said. More than 75,000 people are affected, as per the reports received in the department. In Sirohi, water was flowing on Sirohi-Sheoganj, Sirohi-Reodar, Kotra-Swaroopganj and Kotra-Jhadol roads. Similarly, in Jalore, the Bhinmal-Jalore road remained blocked near the Akoli causeway.

Until Monday morning, the state received 288.33 mm of rainfall, which is 37.2% higher than the normal – 209.94 mm – for the period of June 1 to July 25.

Eight districts – Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jodhpur, Pali, Rajsamand, Sirohi and Udaipur – received abnormal rain. No district has received scanty rainfall, defined by a drop of 60% in the normal rainfall. HTC

University of Rajasthan is soon going to make it mandatory for teachers to spend five hours every day in their respective departments, a top varsity official said on Monday.

The teachers shall also be required to spend at least 30 hours in the department every week, said university vice chancellor Prof Rakesh Kumar Kothari.

Aimed at bringing more discipline among the faculty, it is one of the first decisions of Kothari, who took charge of the university on July 10.

Prior to his appointment, divisional commissioner Rajeshwar Singh was officiating as the vice chancellor of the university since January.

“I’m first ensuring that all the biometric attendance machines in the departments are functional. Once that happens, I’ll release the circular regarding 5-hour mandatory stay,” he said.

Jayant Singh, an associate professor at the varsity and president of teachers’ association said almost all the teachers stay for more than five hours every day in the university, going to library, to colleges for lectures among other.

“Five hour stay has already been mentioned in our service rules and if the vice chancellor wants to ensure strict compliance with that, we support him,” he said.

“A committee has been set up to check the working condition of closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) installed at the institute.”

“The committee will let us know how many are in order, how many need repair, and if we need additional cameras,” he said, adding that the dean of students’ welfare and the chief proctor will monitor the CCTV footages and in case of any abnormality, will inform him.

The university’s Infonet Centre will keep a log of the teachers’ attendance and submit a monthly report to the vice chancellor.

Two persons will be employed to maintain CCTV cameras and the biometric attendance machines.