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BANGALORE, OCT. 14. Deadlines have come and gone and it is nearly time for mid-term examinations, but most students in Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) schools still have no uniforms. For that matter, in some schools, the children got socks at the opening of the academic year but no shoes. Every year, officials announce that uniforms and textbooks will be distributed on time. In fact, at a council meeting early this year, members had decried the delay in distributing uniforms meant for the previous academic year. In reply, the then Commissioner, M.R. Srinivasa Murthy, had stressed that uniforms would be given by February 15.
Blamed
On Thursday, at another council meeting, members pointed out that uniforms were yet to be distributed for this academic year. The BMP Commissioner, K. Jothiramalingam, was blamed for the delay. According to Mumtaz Begum, a member of the Standing Committee on Education, the committee had, in May, recommended that the Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation (KHDC), which has obtained the order for supplying uniforms, subcontract the work to ensure that uniforms were given by the time schools opened in June. But the commissioner, she said, bypassed the BMP Council and referred the matter to the Government. "This caused a delay of five months," she said. The Mayor, P.R. Ramesh, asked Mr. Jothiramalingam why he had not called for short-term tenders to expedite the matter. "Now that it is delayed, do not wait. Approach KHDC to get the material," he said.
Reports
The meeting was meant to examine BMP administrative reports from 1997 to 2003. Earlier, the Janata Dal(S) member, Padmanabha Reddy, wanted to know why the reports contained no details about money donated by information technology companies for development works. "Five years ago when the Bangalore Agenda Task Force was set up, companies such as Infosys and Wipro said they would donate. Have they done so? If so, how much was given and what was it used for?" he asked.
Art gallery
The Mayor announced that the BMP's Kempe Gowda Art Gallery would be inaugurated on November 3. Meant to be a heritage museum, the gallery is being built on the ground floor of the Mayo Hall.
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