Residents in a hurry to instal Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) systems in their buildings ahead of the ultimatum imposed by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) can now breathe easy.
Here is big relief for Bangaloreans. Residents in a hurry to instal Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) systems in their buildings ahead of the ultimatum imposed by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) can now breathe easy. The state government has decided to extend the deadline by nine months, after the act comes into effect.
The legislative assembly on Thursday adopted a bill, extending the deadline, in the absence of opposition members. Law and parliamentary affairs minister and BWSSB minister S Suresh Kumar tabled The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Bill 2011, which was approved unanimously by the assembly.
“In 2009, the state government had introduced a bill making RWH compulsory for every owner or occupier of a building having sital area of not less than 2400 sq feet or every owner who proposes to construct a building on a sital area of not less than 1200sq feet. The act set a deadline of May 29, 2010 to implement RWH. Due to various reasons, people were finding it difficult to meet the deadline. We are no moving a bill to amend the Act and extend the deadline,” he said.
“We will give another nine months time after the amendment bill comes into effect. In the meantime we will also take action to create awareness among public about the RMH,” the minister further added.
“Once the amendment takes effect, the BWSSB can extend the deadline just by issuing a circular, a BWSSB official said. Presently, 35,000 buildings in the city have installed RWH. And more people are evincing interest in installing this. The BWSSB has trained 826 people in RWH implementation,” he added.
Doctors’ transfer
The house also passed a bill — the Karnataka State Civil Services(Regulation of Transfer of Medical and Other Staff) Bill, 2011 —- to effect transfers in the health and family welfare department through counselling.
Health minister B Sriramulu tabled the bill and the house approved without any debate. As per the new bill, all transfers in the department would effected once a year through counselling, on the lines of teachers’ transfer.
According to the bill, a government doctor must work in rural areas for a minimum of six years and there should be no mismatch between specialists and senior specialists in community health centres and general hospitals. Two zones - ‘A’ and ‘B’ - will be created. A doctor can get a transfer to zone ‘B’ (outside corporation limits) after he/she completes service in rural areas. Later, a transfer can be sought to zone ‘A’, which will be in corporation limits. A doctor can’t seek transfer to zone ‘A’ without working in zone ‘B’.
Meanwhile, the legislative council on Thursday passed the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances (Amendment) Bill, 2010, entitling families of deceased legislators to pension.
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