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Bangalore: Airport Staff to be Kannada-literate

  •   Thu, Jun 19 2008 02:52:07 PM

Hemanth C S/ENS

Bangalore, Jun 19: The Bengaluru International Airport,(BIA) has attracted the wrath of pro-Kannada activists in the past for the name it has chosen for the new airport, for not giving sufficient employment to local people, and for not displaying signs in Kannada.

Now, the BIA is set to make amends and embrace Kannada in a big way. The promoters of the newly-commissioned airport have decided to train employees who cannot read, write and speak Kannada to be literate in the language of the state.

The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) officials told Express that employees who are Kannada-literate have already enrolled for a course that will be conducted by the Kannada and Culture department. “Approximately one-fifth of the total number of BIAL employees have registered for the Kannda course,” said a BIAL official. Special Kannada classes will be held three times a week; the duration of the course will be three months.

”The course is aimed at imparting basic literacy in the language to all BIAL employees. On completion of the first course, subsequent courses will be held for new recruits and employees who wish to join at a later date,” said the official.
  

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  • Nandisha, Mandya

    Mon, Jun 23 2008

    It's indeed good news. But, I don't know how much they are going to use kannada skills until unless we (Kannadiga's) start speaking in the airport premises. I think it will come over a period of time. This is good initiative we did.

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  • PRASHANT, Karnataka

    Sun, Jun 22 2008

    Though this looks as a good initiative your intention of ditching Kannadigas for employment in BIAL has succeeded. Being in Karnataka and making injustice to local people will never make you run longer in you mission.

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