Tag: Pourakarmika

Manual scavenging: Pourakarmika takes ill, dies at hospital
News

Manual scavenging: Pourakarmika takes ill, dies at hospital

December 21, 2021

Protest staged by keeping body near DC’s Office; Rs. 10 lakh compensation handed over to family of deceased Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing that a private Pourakarmika was forcibly made to get into a sewage soak pit to clean it, who took ill and later breathed his last at a hospital, the family members of the deceased Pourakarmika,…

Pourakarmika’s family gets Rs. 5 lakh solatium cheque
News

Pourakarmika’s family gets Rs. 5 lakh solatium cheque

March 7, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna and Mayor Rukmini Madegowda yesterday handed over Rs. 5 lakh cheque to the family of Pourakarmika who died during Corona crisis. Vasantha, wife of Suresh, a deceased Pourakarmika, received the cheque. Shivanna said he came to know about non-payment of compensation to the family of Suresh,…

Manual scavenging and death of a Pourakarmika in manhole: MCC seals Kalpana Lodge for failing to remit compensation money
News

Manual scavenging and death of a Pourakarmika in manhole: MCC seals Kalpana Lodge for failing to remit compensation money

March 2, 2018

Mysuru: The authorities of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) yesterday sealed Kalpana Lodge near Jaganmohan Palace for not remitting the compensation money paid by the MCC to the family of the deceased Pourakarmika who had died of suffocation, while cleaning the manhole manually. In 2014, the Management of Kalpana Lodge had summoned Kumar, a Pourakarmika, to…

Manual scavenging: Show-cause notice to Chamundi Hill Panchayat Chief
News

Manual scavenging: Show-cause notice to Chamundi Hill Panchayat Chief

June 17, 2017

Mysuru:  A show-cause notice has been served on Geetha, President of Chamundi Hill Gram Panchayat asking why action should not be taken against her for asking a Pourakarmika to physically clean an overflowing manhole recently. The notice was issued by the State Government. However, since Geetha has been absconding after the incident, the notice has…

ABOUT

Mysuru’s favorite and largest circulated English evening daily has kept the citizens of Mysuru informed and entertained since 1978. Over the past 45 years, Star of Mysore has been the newspaper that Mysureans reach for every evening to know about the happenings in Mysuru city. The newspaper has feature rich articles and dedicated pages targeted at readers across the demographic spectrum of Mysuru city. With a readership of over 2,50,000 Star of Mysore has been the best connection between it’s readers and their leaders; between advertisers and customers; between Mysuru and Mysureans.

CONTACT

Academy News Papers Private Limited, Publishers, Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra, 15-C, Industrial ‘A’ Layout, Bannimantap, Mysuru-570015. Phone no. – 0821 249 6520

To advertise on Star of Mysore, email us at

Online Edition: [email protected]
Print Editon: [email protected]
For News/Press Release: [email protected]