Madikeri: 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…
Mysuru: 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…
MCC 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….
Mysuru: 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…
Mysuru: 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…
Mysuru: The much-hyped ‘Upahara Bhagya’ (Breakfast scheme) mooted by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) a year ago to provide morning breakfast to 2,300 Pourakarmikas engaged in cleaning work is yet to take off owing to policy issues. The MCC had announced that it would start serving breakfast to Pourakarmikas from Feb. 2017. With cleanliness taking the…
Natl. Safai Karmachari Commission Chief tells Pourakarmikas Mysuru: National Commission for Safai Karmacharis Chairman Manhar Valjibhai Zala has asked the Pourakarmikas to compulsorily use machines and other equipment while cleaning manholes. Zala held separate meetings with Pourakarmika leaders and officials from various Departments at the MCC Hall here on Thursday. Speaking at the meeting with…
Mysuru: The sprawling Maharaja’s College Grounds where PM Modi addressed a mammoth gathering yesterday, wore a deserted look today with Pourakarmikas, BJP activists and contract workers who had constructed the stage and installed barricades along the route of PM’s convoy were busy cleaning the premises and removing the stage and barricades. The Maharaja’s College Ground…
Mysuru: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru today to take part in various programmes, the Mysuru Nagara Palike Pourakarmika Sangha has appealed the PM to provide basic amenities to Pourakarmikas, who are working overtime to ensure the success of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ launched by the NDA Government led by him. In a memorandum, the…
Mysuru: Marking its second anniversary, city-based Belaku Samsthe felicitated five pourakarmikas of the MCC at a programme organised at Agrahara Circle here on Jan. 31. Senior Pourakarmikas Penachalamma, Lakshmi, Kannamma, Ganesh and Manju who were assigned duty at the Palace, K.R. Circle and MCC premises were the ones who were felicitated. Speaking on the occasion,…
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