The Times of India                           27.02.2013

BBMP pays salaries to those deputed to other depts

BANGALORE: For years, the BBMP has been crying about fund crunch. But its own employees have been contributing to the crunch.

As many as 3,259 BBMP employees work elsewhere but draw hefty salaries from the Palike. Quoting from the CAG report, Chickpet corporator AL Shivkumar said of 19,916 on its rolls, only 16,657 work in the Palike and the rest in other departments despite drawing salaries from the civic body.

The BBMP proposal to outsource the functioning of 50 environmental engineers was opposed by Kacharakana Halli corporator Padmanabh Reddy. "They're posted in various wings of BBMP, based on their request and they are not contributing to the environmental protection of Bangalore. Why outsourcing more and spend Rs 1.1 crore on them?" said Padmanabh Reddy.