With schools, colleges closed, students make beeline for home

A day after Punjab government ordered the closure of school, colleges, and universities, a large number of outstation students flocked to nearby bus stands and railway stations to leave for their hometowns.

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The Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, wore a deserted look with civilian flight operations halted completely until May 15. An airlines travel advisory extends cancellation of flights from 10 airports, including Chandigarh, Leh, Jammu, Srinagar, Amritsar and Dharamsala, until May 15.

Hundreds of students studying at the Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, boarded buses at their campus as the exams have been postponed.

Addressing the developmemnts, a Chandigarh University spokesperson, meanwhile, said the hostels remain open as usual, but added, “Since the exams have been postponed, the students who want to go home of their own can go. The hostels will remain open as usual.”

Besides hostellers, students living in various paying guest accommodations in Kharar too have begun leaving for home.

As a result of the mass movement, local eateries witnessed a lean day today.

The local railway station and bus stands, on the other hand, dealt with a large number of people — mostly students looking for a ticket home.