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1,100 Home Guards to be recruited in Mysore district

MYSORE: The authorities are planning to recruit 1,100 Home Guards in Mysore district. With this, the total strength of the Home Guards in the district will increase to 2,000.

Disclosing this to presspersons here on Tuesday, Commandant of Home Guards Chandrakumar S.G. said a recruitment drive would be held in various parts of the district from Sunday.

The drive will end on September 15.

The newly recruited Home Guards will be deployed during the Dasara festival scheduled to begin this month-end, according to Dr. Chandrakumar.

Though the Home Guards is a voluntary organisation, the candidates would receive remuneration for their services whenever they would be deployed for security arrangements at the Government’s behest, he said.

“In such cases they will receive remuneration of about Rs. 3,000 a month,” he said.

Employees of government departments, quasi-government departments, public sector undertakings and private sector could also become Home Guards, he said.

Candidates aspiring to become Home Guards should be aged above 20, physically fit and must have passed at least Class IV. However, preference would be given to candidates who have passed SSLC, he said. Deputy Commandant A.M. Srinivas and Assistant Administrative Officer, Home Guards, Mysore, H. Thippeswamy were present on the occasion.

Interviews for candidates aspiring to become Home Guards will be held at Bharat Scouts and Guides Grounds, behind the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mysore from 8.30 a.m. on September 7. For details, contact unit officer M.R. Gajagopi on Ph: 2542877.

On September 8, the recruitment drive will be held at the Government’s Travellers’ Bungalow in K.R. Nagar from 9 a.m. Contact unit officer B.V. Nagesh on 9945558985, for details.

On September 9, interviews and selection will be held at the Traveller’s Bungalow in T. Narsipura from 9 a.m. For details, call unit officer M.M. Babu on 9980862160.

On September 10, recruitment will be held at the Travellers’ Bungalow in Periyapatna from 9 a.m. Contact unit officer M. Mahadevaswamy on 9343779359, for details.

On September 12, the drive will be held at the Home Guards’ office in H.D. Kote, near bus stand, from 9 a.m. For details, call unit officer Mallikarjunaswamy on 9845567105.

On September 14, the drive will be held at the Travellers’ Bungalow in Hunsur at 9 a.m. Unit officer Sampath Kumar can be contacted on 9241003454, for details. On September 15, interviews and selection will be held at the Travellers’ Bungalow in Nanjangud from 9 a.m. Unit officer Somadas can be contacted on 9900374561, for details.

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