Mysore/Mysuru: The accused car driver, who had rammed into a Pourakarmika, who was busy cleaning D. Devaraj Urs Road in the early hours of Aug. 27, resulting in the Pourakarmika losing his leg and badly damaging another leg, was listening to a discourse (Harikatha) the entire previous night. He was said to be sleepy when…
Speeding car maims duty-bound Pourakarmika on D.D. Urs Road
August 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A Pourakarmika, who was engaged in cleaning D. Devaraj Urs Road in the heart of the city, tragically lost his right leg after being struck by a speeding car early this morning. His left leg too has been badly damaged. According to doctors, there is a danger to his life if the other leg…
Manual scavenging: Pourakarmika takes ill, dies at hospital
December 21, 2021Protest 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
March 7, 2021Mysore/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,…
Non-payment of full salary since two years: Contract Pourakarmika attempts suicide
April 28, 2018Mysuru: Depressed over not being paid full salary since two years, a contract Pourakarmika attempted suicide by consuming poison at his residence in city this morning. The Pourakarmika, who attempted suicide, has been identified as 25-year-old Sathyanarayana, a resident of Ambedkar Colony in Ashokapuram who was working under Contractor Thammanna and deputed at MCC Ward…
Manual scavenging and death of a Pourakarmika in manhole: MCC seals Kalpana Lodge for failing to remit compensation money
March 2, 2018Mysuru: 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
June 17, 2017Mysuru: 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…
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