Salary hike for muzrai employees

BANGALORE: Here is some good news for employees of muzrai temples. The state government has decided to hike their salaries by Rs 2000. This apart, the annual tasdiq (honorarium) being given to muzrai temples will be doubled from Rs 12,000 to Rs 24,000.
There are around 34,000 temples in the state under the muzrai department. "The government will soon issue orders in this regard," said muzrai minister Kota Srinivas Poojary here on Wednesday.
The government has also decided to evolve service rules for the staff of the temples and a committee under retired judge Deshapande has been set up for the purpose, the minister said.
In order to protect cows, the department is planning to set up Goshalas in temples which have 5-10 acres of land with them. Old age homes will be opened at Male Mahadeshwara temple in Chamarajnagar district and Yellamma temple in Savadatti in Belgaum districts. A women's hostel will be constructed at Kollur Mookambika temple and a men's hostel at Kukke Subramanya temple. A school for metally challenged children will be set up at Dattatreya temple in Ghanagapur in Gulbarga, the minister said.