She needs six managers to look after three projects in Lucknow. Salary: Rs20-25 k a month.
Four-time chief minister Mayawati perhaps knows too well how the government machinery functions. So, she has decided not to entrust the management of her ‘dream projects’ to ham-handed sarkari babus. Under her new corporate style of functioning, she now wants MBAs to look after the statues, parks and memorials costing hundreds of crores of rupees.
In keeping with Madam’s wishes, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) interviewed candidates on Sunday for the posts of manager and assistant manager who would oversee administration of the Dr Ambedkar Memorial, the Kanshi Ram Memorial and the Buddha Smriti Vihar Upvan in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) capital.
LDA secretary Mani Prasad Mishra told DNA that the posts were advertised some
time ago.
“The immediate requirement is for two managers and four assistant managers to look after the three projects in Lucknow,” he said. If the experiment succeeds, the arrangement would be implemented at other sites, too.
The managers would get a monthly salary of about Rs25,000, while the assistant managers would get Rs20,000. However, Mayawati’s corporate invite failed to draw any decent applicants before the interview panel headed by LDA vice-chairman Mukesh Meshram on Sunday.
“None of the candidates was up to the mark… we will have to advertise again,” Mishra said. “Perhaps asking for MBAs with five years experience was too much … we will have to review the criterion,” he said.
Interestingly, the memorials and statues, including Mayawati’s own, are being guarded by policemen. This has been done because of the fear that Samajwadi Party (SP) workers could try to damage them.
Under the new LDA plan, a society would be formed for the administration of the memorials, sources said. It would manage revenue collection from sale of entry tickets and parking, and pay the managers’ salaries from this kitty itself.
The society would also be accountable for use of government funds for maintenance and repair of the memorials. There are nine such memorials in Lucknow estimated to cost about Rs2,700 crore. The biggest among them is the Ambedkar Park built at a cost of Rs2,000 crore.
LDA officials say Mayawati is extremely sensitive about the upkeep of the memorials. Pink stone from Mirzapur in UP, chosen by her, is being used in all these buildings. “All statues have been covered with canopies… Madam wants the memorials to last more than 500 years, so that people remember her and other Dalit leaders,” said an official.
Now, it’s up to her well-qualified managers to make sure her dream comes true.
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