Vehicles pile up outside schools; students start afresh

After a month-long summer vacation, and a week of extended holidays, thousands of students — many of them for the first time — geared up for the 221-day academic year ahead. While school corridors came alive again, so did the roads surrounding them, which witnessed traffic snarls after a month-long hiatus. Several schools began classes as soon as the textbooks were distributed. This year, class IX State Board students will follow the...