In view of the alert for rains issued by the India Meteorological Department of India (IMD), Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday announced that all the all schools from pre-primary to the 12th standard will remain closed on Monday.

The Chief Minister said that this order is only for schools, as, all government offices and everything else will function as per their schedule. Furthermore, he informed that the 80 people who were stranded at the waterfall, has been rescued by the team of emergency services officials.