Namma Metro forced to withdraw recruitment notice

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited BMRCL had issued a notification seeking applications from candidates for train operators (Loco Pilots) on a contractual basis for five years

- LAKSHMANA VENKAT KUCHI

In what can be termed a minor success, Kannadiga activists and Namma Metro employees union blocked the possible filling up of contract pilots in the city metro network by "outsiders" and got the BMRCL, the corporation that runs the transport system, to withdraw its recruitment notification seeking to employ 50 Loco Pilots.

Only a few days ago, on 12 March, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited BMRCL issued a notification seeking applications from candidates for train operators (Loco Pilots) on a contractual basis for five years, sparking off protests from its employees' union as it feared eligibility criteria may edge out local Kannadiga candidates.