Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS)
Tamil Nadu Government has announced January 17th as a holiday for government offices and educational institutions. The offices and educational institutions will have to work on January 29, Saturday as a compensatory working day.
The government issued the order on Tuesday evening and came in the wake of representations and petitions from employee unions seeking a holiday on Monday, January 17th.
January 18th is already a government holiday in state due to the Thaipoosam festival and with January 16th Sunday a total lockdown, the state will not function till coming Wednesday.