K'taka HC: Alter school and office timings

NT Bureau, Agencies

Bengaluru: Hearing a public interest litigation on the deteriorating traffic situation in Bengaluru city, the High Court of Karnataka has suggested that the State Government consider the possibility of revising timings of educational institutions and various industries and corporate businesses.

In the latest hearing of the PIL on Tuesday, the HC bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit said the Secretary of Industries and Labour should call a meeting of the representatives of industries, factories, the Chamber of Commerce and others and seek their opinion on revising the timings in factories, commercial enterprises and other workplaces.

Similarly, “The State Government through Secretary of School Education and Higher Education may call a meeting of the stakeholders and may take up the issue of revisiting the school timings, so as to ease the traffic and consider the security and safety of the children,” the HC said.

The PIL WAS filed by THE Samarpana Trust in 2020.