State Govt. to provide daily lunch for civic workers from Indira Canteens Mysuru: The indefinite stir launched by Pourakarmikas in front of the MCC Office on Sayyaji Rao Road, seeking fulfilment of their demands, entered the second day today. They are demanding regularisation of services, abolition of contract system of employment, payment of bonus on…
Pourakarmikas begin indefinite stir in front of MCC
October 3, 2018Mysuru: With just a week left for the formal inauguration of Dasara festivities, over 1,500 pourakarmikas of city, led by former Mayor Narayana, who is also the President of Karnataka State Corporation, City Municipal and Town Municipal Pourakarmikas Maha Sabha, began an indefinite strike by staging a dharna in front of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC)…
Pourakarmikas to strike work from tomorrow
October 2, 2018Mysuru: Accusing the State Government of failing to fulfil their just demands like regularisation of services and abolition of contract system and outsourcing, MCC Pourakarmikas, under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Nagarapalike, Nagarasabha Mattu Purasabhegala Pourakarmika Mahasangha, will strike work in the city from tomorrow (Oct.3). Announcing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan…
Ahead of Dasara…: ‘Brooms Down’ Pourakarmikas threaten agitation
September 19, 2018Mysuru: Don’t be surprised if you see heaps of garbage and clogged drainages raising a stink on roads in city ahead of Dasara Nada Habba. Pourakarmikas, hired on contract basis and also the regular ones appointed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), will stop all cleaning work from Oct.3. Their “Broom Down” is against the…
Pourakarmikas’ protest rally
September 18, 2018Mysuru: Karnataka State Pourakarmikas Mahasangha will take out a protest rally tomorrow (Sept.19) in city urging MCC to abolish contract labour system abiding by the government order. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Mahasangha President Narayan warned that the Pourakarmikas would boycott Dasara festivities if their demand was not fulfilled. He recalled…
Pourakarmika couple working with Madikeri CMC ends life
September 6, 2018Madikeri: A couple, who worked with Madikeri City Municipal Council (CMC) as Pourakarmikas, allegedly committed suicide at Madikeri. The deceased are identified as Satish (38) and Usha (29), and both hailed from Ambedkar Colony, Ashokapuram in Mysuru City. They were working with Madikeri CMC as Contract Pourakarmikas for the past eight years and were living…
Five Pourakarmikas in fray for MCC polls
August 25, 2018Mysuru: Pourakarmikas of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who played a key role in the city getting the ‘Cleanest City’ tag for two successive terms, are now trying their hand in politics, with five of them contesting the Aug.31 MCC polls from different parties. Pooja is contesting on a BJP ticket from Ward 32 (Ghousianagar…
Eighty Pourakarmikas from Mysuru leave for Kodagu
August 20, 2018MCC Pourakarmikas seen at work in one of the Relief Centres in Kodagu this morning. Mysuru: Even as Kodagu continues to reel under the havoc caused by rain fury, over 80 Pourakarmikas (civic workers) from the city left for Kodagu yesterday to be part of rescue and relief operations going on there. MCC Commissioner K.H….
Pourakarmikas stage demo against burning of Constitution book copy
August 16, 2018Mysuru: Hundreds of Pourakarmikas, condemning the burning of a copy of the Constitution by miscreants in New Delhi recently, staged a demonstration in front of the Town Hall this morning. The Pourakarmikas, under the banner of Karnataka State City Corporations, CMCs and TMCs’ Pourakarmika Mahasangha, demanded the arrest of the culprits and urged the Government…
Commission recommends State honour for Pourakarmikas who die while in service
March 19, 2018Mysuru: A day-long seminar on facilities and healthcare for Pourakarmikas of Mysuru division, was held at Kalamandira here on Mar. 17. Speaking after inaugurating the seminar, Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M.R. Venkatesh said the Commission has recommended that Pourakarmikas who die while in service must be given State honours, just as in the case…
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