Some 1 lakh security personnel in State are from northeast
Private agencies offering security and allied services to a host of companies, institutions and individuals are in a distress situation with the mass exodus from Bangalore of people from the north-eastern States.
The Karnataka Security Services Association (KSSA) on Friday put the number of security personnel who had left the city since Wednesday at around 6,000 even as many more have not been turning up for work. There are about 5.2 lakh private security personnel in Karnataka, of whom some 1 lakh hail from the northeast.
Emergency recruitment
At a press conference here on Friday, KSSA president K.P. Nagesh said they would have to look at emergency recruitment if more of their personnel leave within the next few days.
“Currently, we are making [our remaining] staff work overtime to make up for the vacancies.”
He said those who fled left their belongings behind saying they would come back in 20 days if the rumours proved to be false. He added that many firms that had hired the security from their agencies had come forward to offer security as well as accommodation for the remaining personnel.
Unfazed by rumours
It was not all panic though. There were people like Deepak Katua, a native of Assam who has been working as the security guard for a private hospital since six years, who remained unfazed.
Mr. Katua, who works along with his four brothers at the hospital, said he was least bothered by the rumours and had no intention of leaving. Likewise, Bijit Bharali, another native of Assam, who has been working in the city for the past seven years, said he was not rattled at all.
Besides, he said, the management had assured him of security.
Keywords: violence against northeast, northeast communities exodus, Bangalore, service sector in Bangalore
No civil war unlike other countries, still a mass exodus of enormous proportions. Full agree with Yogesh P, that there is complete lack of faith and confidence for the common man in our political leaders. Shame on you. You have lost the confidence of the people. You are not able to protect citizens in their country ! What a shame. This is a wake up call for the politicians who rule the country. Please put people's interest first. As Indians we seemed to have lost the plot. We cannot consider ourselves even a developling country when such events happen. Focus on nation building first.
It is disheartening to see mass exodus of northeast people from Bangalore even by assurance of security from state government. Hope all those who left would come back soon. It mainly caused due to few miscreants taking law into their hands in a constituency represented by a Muslim. The cosmopolitan image of Bangalore was tarnished by these incidents.
Quote: "Today, after four days, the numbers of those boarding trains is down to 300. This means that people now trust us".
No Minister. The number is down to 300 because nobody is left behind anymore. THis exodus is the largest public demonstration of no-confidence against the entire political class of this country by its citizens, this is it.
This is what happens when you fail to enforce laws, interfere in the functioning of law enforcement and judicial systems for political expediency.Shame on us all.
Symptomatic of a nation in perpetual denial.
Every citizen of this country is on his/her own.
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