An order from the division of public instruction to gather a donation of Rs 100 each month from the mother and father of every pupil learning in authorities faculties has drawn the ire of critics, who’re calling this a “burden on the poor households”.
The order dated October 19 permits the varsity improvement and monitoring committee (SDMC) to gather a minimal donation of Rs 100 each month from mother and father to develop the infrastructure of faculties and likewise to handle the shortcomings of funds to visitor lecturers.
In line with an schooling official, though authorities faculties obtain donations from donors, this initiative is according to the ‘My College Our Contributions’ marketing campaign whereby every kind of individuals, together with mother and father, ought to take part in creating the varsity. “That is utterly a voluntary service and oldsters who want to donate can accomplish that to the respective SDMCs. The cash goes to the account of the varsity’s SDMCs which can then be used for improvement functions,” mentioned the official.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will journey to Delhi throughout a three-day break from the Bharat Jodo Yatra from October 24 to 26 and attend an occasion during which the newly-elected All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge will take cost, mentioned Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D Okay Shivakumar Friday.
This would be the first time Gandhi will go to Delhi because the Yatra started on September 8. Through the Dussehra break too, he had stayed close to Mysuru along with his mom Sonia Gandhi, who had arrived from Delhi.
In different updates, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath, throughout an inspection on the Yelahanka zone, Friday instructed the civic officers to restore the footpath close to the street adjoining to NES bus cease in Bengaluru metropolis. He additionally directed the officers to make sure that rainwater flowed immediately into the aspect drain by the water grates.
“He instructed the officers to make sure that rainwater doesn’t accumulate on the street and as an alternative flows into the aspect drains. Instructions have been given to put in water grates in locations that want them,” a press release from the BBMP learn.
Directions had been additionally given to clear the tree branches stored in an empty area close to the street and the OFC cables, which impede the motion of pedestrians.