Karnataka PSI exam postponed second time in one day; New date to be announced soon
Bengaluru: The Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment exam, scheduled for September 28, has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict with the UPSC examination on the same date. Karnataka Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar made the announcement on Thursday through an official press release, stating that a new exam date will be finalized and communicated in the coming days.
The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) was set to conduct the PSI exam for 402 posts on September 28, a date that was already rescheduled from its original plan of September 22. However, with the UPSC exam coinciding on the same day, the decision was taken to avoid clashes and allow candidates to appear for both exams.
Dr. Parameshwar also addressed delays surrounding the final selection list for 545 PSI posts from a previous recruitment drive during the BJP administration. Irregularities in that recruitment process had led to the cancellation of results and legal challenges. Despite conducting a re-examination under court approval, the final selection list is still pending due to ongoing legal proceedings.
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The minister acknowledged that there has been no PSI recruitment in Karnataka for the past four years. Given the additional time required for the selection process, including document verification, training, and a two-year probationary period, efforts are being made to expedite the recruitment for 402 PSI posts.
He also revealed plans to recruit an additional 600 PSI posts following this exam. Addressing concerns about previous recruitment scandals, Dr. Parameshwar emphasized that investigations are underway to uncover corruption that occurred during the BJP rule. While clarifying that the current government is not pursuing "hate politics," he warned that if BJP continues such tactics, the Congress government may have to respond accordingly.
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Railway lines as fence could cut cost of barricading to curb man-elephant conflicts: MP Wadiyar
Bengaluru, Sept 17: MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has suggested that to bring down the exorbitant cost barricading – estimated to cost around Rs 1.3 to Rs 1.5 crore per kilometre – railway lines could be used to construct fences on Tuesday.
Wadiyar took to X to share the letter he had sent to Union Environment Forest & Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav.
Stating that “railway (lines) barricading” is proving to be an effective way to restrict the movement of elephants, he suggested that this should be taken up on a large scale.
“Upon consultation with the relevant authorities, it has come to my understanding that the cost of barricading per kilometre comes to Rs 1.3 crore to Rs 1.5 crore. Given that the border of the forests in my constituency stretches to over 400 km, with around 280 km of forest border requiring immediate barricading, the cost of such an exercise will reach Rs 350 crore to Rs 400 crore,” he wrote in his letter.
He said the environment ministry could make a direct request with the railway ministry for an allocation of railway lines, thus reducing the cost of the project to just that of labour cost.
“The benefits of this initiative are manifold, from reduction of human casualties, protection of property and livelihood, to conservation of elephants and, most importantly, promoting human-elephant coexistence, which is the need of the hour,” he added.
Working towards safer coexistence in Mysore-Kodagu! Submitted proposal to Union Environment Forest & Climate change Minister Shri Bhupendra Yadav Ji for railway barricading to reduce elephant-human conflicts. pic.twitter.com/VjOWIF1TTC
— Yaduveer Wadiyar (@yaduveerwadiyar) September 17, 2024
