Bengaluru/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said that the State Government will regularise the services of 11,000 contract pourakarmikas in the next three months.

Speaking to press persons after a meeting held to discuss the demands of Contract Pourakarmikas in Bengaluru, the CM said Civic Workers will now get a minimum salary of Rs.17,000. The salary will be directly credited to their accounts by the Municipal Corporations, he said, adding that the subject will be taken up in the next Cabinet meeting.

Meanwhile, former Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman and former Mysuru Mayor S. Narayan and Mysuru Nagara Pourakarmikara Sangha President N. Mara met the Chief Minister at his residence in Mysuru this morning and thanked him for the gesture.

Felicitating him with Mysuru Peta and garlands, Pourakarmikas who had gathered in large numbers outside the residence of the CM, burst crackers, beat drums and danced.

Pointing out that a total of 20,000 Pourakarmikas are employed on contract by various Civic Bodies across the State, the CM said, while the services of 11,000 Pourakarmikas, including 4,000 working for the BBMP will be regularised in the first phase, the remaining will be done subsequently.

Social Welfare Minister H. Anjaneya said that the Government had extended various Welfare measures for Pourakarmikas, including Food and Health Insurance. They will be covered under the Jyothi Sanjeevini Health Scheme, he added.

Meanwhile, former State Safari Karmachari Commission Chairman & Pourakarmika Mahasangha State President Narayan has thanked the Government for regularisation of Pourakarmikas.