Bangalore Airport Staff to be Kannada-literate

Bangalore: 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.
19/06/08 Hemanth C S/Daijiworld.com

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Categories: Airports Jun 2008