The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may have been bungling
over one thing after the other, but now plans to bring about some
‘uniformity’ with distinctive clothing for its employees.
Speaking
to Express, Lakshmikanth Reddy, chairperson of the Standing Committee
for Administrative Reforms, said the proposal is still in the initial
stage. “Employees from the second division assistant to the
commissioner’s level will have to wear uniforms. While women employees
will have sarees, men have to wear shirts and trousers. Also, the staff
should compulsorily wear the BBMP badge so that the public can recognise
them as Palike employees,” he said.
At present, the record
writers wear uniforms during the BBMP Council meetings. While women wear
grey sarees, men wear grey safari suits. Group D male employees wear
white shirts and white trousers. “For the remaining staff, we are yet to
decide the colour. We shall discuss it with our committee and the
council. Once it gets the nod, the policy will be implemented,” Reddy
added.
A member of the committee, who did not wish to be named,
said the issue will be discussed with the BBMP employees’ union members.
R Subramaniam of the BBMP Officers’ and Employees’ Association,
however, opposed the plan. “When there is no uniform at Vidhana Soudha
or Vikasa Soudha, how can it be implemented in BBMP?” he questioned.
He,
however, said they do not have a problem wearing badges. “When K Jairaj
was the commissioner, we had distributed badges to our employees. At
present, employees have identity cards,” he said.
A BBMP official said employees will accept the uniform rule, but it should be different for officers and other staff.
