Three officers in Bengaluru suspended for negligence in duty during caste census
Bengaluru, Jul 3 (PTI): Three officers working in the Bengaluru civic agency have been suspended on charges of dereliction of duty while carrying out a caste census for the scheduled caste.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said if people are afraid that the survey was not happening properly, they can apply online.
"Is there any problem in applying online? We will do enumeration online, or approach door-to-door and in the camps. You just have to tell your caste using any of the three means. This is related to only the scheduled caste," he told reporters.
The three officers are Ramesh, Peddaraju and C Senthil Kumar, working in the revenue division of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
According to the suspension order issued by the BBMP Zonal Commissioner (East Zone) Snehal R on July 2, which was shared with the media on Thursday, revenue inspector Ramesh and tax collector Peddaraju were instructed to ensure that enumerators working under them affix stickers on houses after contacting the residents of the household and confirming that the survey has been completed.
Once the process was over, they were required to upload the data through the mobile application. However, it was observed that the enumerators and staff involved in the house-to-house sticker affixing work were placing stickers arbitrarily without contacting the owners and residents of the respective houses in HRBR Layout.
It was found that the officers failed to take note of this and exhibited an irresponsible and negligent attitude.
Since there appeared to be a dereliction of duty on the part of the officers, they were placed under suspension with immediate effect.
In a similar manner, tax collector Senthil Kumar, working in the Rajarajeshwari BBMP zone, too did his work negligently, following which he was also suspended, an order said.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
