Rains hamper clearing of garbage mounds Mysore/Mysuru: Striking contract and outsourced Pourakarmikas, direct payment workers, door-to-door garbage collectors, garbage transport vehicle drivers and UGD workers, who were on an indefinite strike since July 1 seeking regularisation of their jobs and other demands, ended their strike yesterday. They resumed their work from today and as rains…
Pourakarmika strike raises stink in city
July 4, 2022Waste piles up on road sides CM holding conciliatory meeting Mysore/Mysuru: If you are wondering why most parts of Mysuru city are stinking with mounds of garbage on the streets and garbage bins, the simple reason is that the Pourakarmikas are on an indefinite strike. Garbage has been piling up as the indefinite Statewide strike…
Pourakarmikas stir continues for third day
July 3, 2022Warn of total suspension of work from July 5 if demands not met Mysore/Mysuru: The indefinite stir launched by Direct Payment System Pourakarmikas of Mysuru city Corporation (MCC) in front of the MCC main office on Sayyaji Rao Road, seeking regularisation of service and fulfillment of other demands, entered the third day today, badly affecting…
Pourakarmikas to get Rs. 2,000 as monthly hardship pay
July 3, 2022Bengaluru: Even as contract Pourakarmikas and sanitation workers launched an indefinite stir across the State yesterday seeking regularisation of service and fulfillment of their other demands, the State Government on Friday announced that Pourakarmikas serving in Urban Local Bodies would get Rs.2,000 as hardship pay every month. Briefing presspersons after the Cabinet meeting here on…
Pourakarmika and cleaning workers survey from next month
June 20, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna said that a survey to know the exact numbers of pourakarmikas and other cleaning personnel working in all local bodies, Government Departments and private companies in the State would be launched next month. Addressing a press meet at KSOU premises in Muktagangothri campus here on Saturday, Shivanna…
Seeking regularisation of jobs, Pourakarmikas to stage State-wide protest tomorrow
May 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Urging to make jobs of outsources Pourakarmikas, UGD Assistants and drivers of garbage transport vehicles permanent, the Pourakarmika Mahasangha of Karnataka State Corporation, City Municipal Council and Town Municipal Council will be staging a symbolic protest in front of the offices of all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in the State tomorrow (May 19), said Mahasangha…
Bathing units sought in all 65 Wards for Pourakarmikas
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Pourakarmikas or sanitation workers regularly deal with hazardous waste and sometimes, enter high-risk confined spaces like sewers and septic tanks for cleaning. They are exposed to dangerous viruses and bacteria that would ruin their health. “To save them from the risk of being infected, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) must construct bathing units in…
Health cards distributed to Pourakarmikas
January 21, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj launched the distribution of ‘Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka Health Card’ to Pourakarmikas at a programme organised at Town Hall here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Nagaraj said it has been decided to distribute ‘Ayushman Bharat- Arogya Karnataka Health Card’ to all Pourakarmikas of the MCC….
Pourakarmikas to get appointment order soon
November 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that MCC Pourakarmikas who have been identified for direct credit of wages, will soon be issued appointment orders, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy said that tenders have been invited for construction of 158 houses for pourakarmikas at Malalawadi. Speaking at the pourakarmika grievances meeting at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Auditorium in MCC Office here on…
Pourakarmika dies on duty: Civic workers stage protest, demand compensation
November 8, 2021Hunsur: A Pourakarmika died of heart attack while on duty and the civic workers, urging for compensation and security to the deceased family members, staged a protest by keeping the body of the deceased in front of the City Municipal Office in the town recently. The deceased Pourakarmika is V. Murugesh (40). He leaves behind…
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