'817 male staff posted at girls' hostels, ashrams'

Tribal Development Minister Kedar Kashyap informed the State Assembly on Tuesday that there are 817 male workers posted in girls' hostels and ashrams operational in the State on account of non-availability of woman workers.

In a written reply to Congress member Ambika Markam, the Minister said that there are 1,093 posts approved for superintendents and 5,996 for other employees for girls' hostels and ashrams of the State.

"There are 1,530 posts vacant in the girls' hostels and ashrams and it would not be possible to provide a timeframe as to when they could be filled up," he said.

Kashyap informed that woman superintendents had been posted in all girls' hostels and ashrams.

There had been 817 male staff posted in girls' hostels and ashrams as female workers were not available for filling the posts earmarked for them, the Minister said.

The following are the number of male staff posted in hostels and ashrams of the State — Korba (41), Rajnandgaon (33), Janjgir (4),  Kabirdham (44), Mahasamund (66), Balrampur (36), Sarguja (21), Jashpur (36), Sukma (61), Baloda Bazar (30), Durg (7), Dhamtari (40), Koriya (24), Dantewada (34), Gariyaband (27), Surajpur (12), Mungeli (8), Bemetara (4), Raipur (48), Kondagaon (27), BIlaspur (11), Bijapur (94), Jagdalpur (85), 

Raigarh (3), Narayanpur (15) and Kanker (5).