Date:08/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/08/stories/2008100853440400.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Appointment of 5,000 temporary PU lecturers approved

Special Correspondent

Decision has been taken so that the syllabus can be completed on time

Cabinet gives nod for 10 Traffic Transit Management Centres
TTMCs will serve as the nerve centre for traffic management

BANGALORE: Following severe shortage of teaching staff in Government junior colleges in the State, the Cabinet on Tuesday empowered the principals of such colleges to appoint temporary lecturers. In all, approval has been given for the appointment of 5,000 lecturers in various subjects, before the end of the month.

Home Minister V.S. Acharya and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar told presspersons that temporary lecturers would be paid a monthly salary of Rs. 5,000. All temporary lecturers would discharge their services till the Karnataka Public Service Commission completed the process to fill up 4,850 vacancies. The KPSC would take another four months to complete the process of recruitment, they said.

The two Ministers said shortage of lecturers has inconvenienced students studying in Pre-University Course classes. The decision to appoint temporary lecturers was taken to complete the syllabus on time in the current academic year.

A decision has been taken to establish 10 Traffic Transit Management Centres (TTMCs) in Bangalore city with an investment of Rs. 1,000 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Renewal Mission. A sum of Rs. 254 crore would be released in the first phase in the current fiscal year.

The TTMCs will be the nerve centre for traffic surveillance, traffic management and enforcement of traffic rules.

The Cabinet also approved the merger of defunct Vijayanagar Steel Company with Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation. The company has assets in the form of buildings in Bangalore city, Dr. Acharya said. The Cabinet also decided to bring an amendment to the Karnataka Beggars Act 1975 to enable the Government to enhance the services provided to beggars in the Beggars Colony in the city.

The meeting approved a proposal for construction of Devaraj Urs Truck Terminal on the outskirts of Mysore City at an estimated cost of Rs. 84 lakh on 16.2 acres of land belonging to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

A decision has been taken to execute a Rs. 18.8 crore project to ensure regular water supply to Shikaripura town from Anjnapura Reservoir. The Shikaripura Town Panchayat and the State Government will share the cost equally, Dr. Acharya said.