Snag, power outages spoil Modi's speech at many schools

September 06, 2014 00:18

Technical snag and power outages spoilt telecast of the Prime Minister's much talked-about Teachers' Day speech at many schools, while many parents rued the "wrong timing" of the event as they had to make a dash from offices to pick up their wards.

Non-availability of last mile connectivity, rains, lack of refreshments, and poor set-top boxes, television sets and speakers also disrupted the telecast at many city schools.

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