Mysore/Mysuru: As many as nine Pourakarmikas of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have been selected for a study tour of Singapore by Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Development Corporation. They will leave for Singapore today (Nov. 20 – 24) to study waste management and clearing there which is one of the cleanest places in the world. Pourakarmikas…
Mysore/Mysuru: The free breakfast scheme for Pourakarmikas of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has been re-introduced from Oct. 1, marking the beginning of the Swachhata Hi Seva cleaning campaign. Originally introduced in 2017, this ambitious project has faced several challenges, including cancellations, quality concerns and issues related to taste in the past. The Sunday breakfast distribution…
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…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Pourakarmika and Contract Pourakarmika Association has urged the Government to fulfil its pre-poll promise of regularising the service of 25,000 Contract Pourakarmikas across the State. Addressing a press meet here on Monday, Association President N. Mara said that the previous BJP Government had ordered regularisation of service of 11,133…
Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Nagarapalike, Nagarasabhe, Purasabhegala Pourakarmikara Mahasangha has appealed to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to regularise the services of Pourakarmikas getting direct payment facility, drivers, loaders, cleaners and UGD workers and all those involved in cleaning works. Former Mayor Narayan, also the President of Karnataka Rajya Nagarapalike, Nagara Sabhe, Purasabhegala Pourakarmikara Mahasangha, made the above…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the BJP Government has regularised the services of more than 11,000 Pourakarmikas in the State, Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman Kote M. Shivanna said that the State Government has also implemented several programmes for the welfare of Pourakarmikas. Addressing a press meet at the BJP Office in Chamarajapuram here yesterday, Shivanna said…
Mysore/Mysuru: State Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna said that the services of 11,133 direct payment Pourakarmikas serving in Urban Local Bodies in the State will be regularised in the first phase. He was speaking at a press meet after holding a meeting on Pourakarmika grievances at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday. Pointing out…
Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking regularisation of jobs, Pourakarmikas, who were staging protest outside the Main Office of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on Sayyaji Rao Road, barged into the Old Council Hall, where the Mayor was holding a meeting this morning and staged a flash protest. The protesters said that there were about 1,680 Pourakarmikas working in all…
Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another measure for the welfare of Pourakarmikas, the MCC has planned to set up Self Help Groups (SHGs) under DAY-NULM (Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission) for financial empowerment of women Pourakarmikas. According to MCC Additional Commissioner M.J. Roopa, the process of identification of women Pourakarmikas attached to all…
Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking regularisation of services of all Pourakarmikas working under direct payment system, the MCC Regular and Contract Pourakarmika Mahasangha has urged the Government to fill all sanctioned Pourakarmika posts. Addressing a press meet here on Wednesday, Mahasangha President N. Mara said that though the contract system of appointment has been done away with, the…
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