Shortage of water: Mangaluru City Corporation switches to water rationing system
City will not have water supply for three days from Monday
Mangaluru: In the backdrop of severe water shortage in the Thumbe vented dam that supplies drinking water to the city, Mangaluru City Corporation will resort to water rationing from Monday.
According to revised water rationing system, water will be supplied for four days and the supply will be stopped for three days, earlier after four days of supply the supply would be stopped for two days which is now made to be three days. The corporation is forced to take the step owing to the declining water level at the Thumbe dam.
The rationing will begin from May 13, 6. am as the water supply across the city will be stopped for three days i.e: May 16, 6.am. The water supply will resume on May 16, 6.am and will continue till May 20, 6.am and the rationing cycle will continue.
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Karnataka government employees demand return of Old Pension Scheme
Bengaluru: Government employees in Karnataka have urged the state government to scrap the New Pension Scheme (NPS) and bring back the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), The New Indian Express reported.
The demand was made by the Karnataka State Government Employees’ Association, whose leaders met senior IAS officer Uma Mahadevan on Monday and submitted a memorandum. The association asked the NPS Review Committee, headed by senior IAS officer Anjum Parvez, to recommend the reintroduction of OPS in the state.
Association president C.S. Shadakshari reportedly said the review committee has already visited Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana where NPS was revoked and OPS re-implemented. The committee is yet to submit its report, but has told the government it will do so soon.
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Shadakshari allegedly said NPS has been in force in Karnataka since 2006. He pointed out that West Bengal never adopted the scheme, while Andhra Pradesh and Telangana replaced NPS with a contributory pension model.
States including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Jharkhand have already scrapped NPS through cabinet decisions or budget announcements.
“Under NPS, 10% of the employees’ basic salary and DA, and 14% contribution from the state is credited to the employees’ fund. It constitutes 24% of the total which is non-withdrawable. This is invested in the share market and the final amount depends on the ups and downs of the market,” TNIE quoted Shadakshar as saying.
As per the report, he said that by limiting its contribution to 14%, the government could save up to ₹1.87 lakh crore annually if all vacancies are filled, strengthening the case for bringing back the old pension system.
