Mysore/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…
Mysore/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…
Mysore/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….
Mysore/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…
Hunsur: 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…
Mysore/Mysuru: Urban Development Minister launched the Facial Recognition-Based Attendance System for Pourakarmikas, the first in the State. The new system was launched with the Minister taking the attendance of a pourakarmika in a tab at an event held in Tagadur Ramachandra Park at Chamundipuram this noon. Speaking after launching the new attendance system, Minister Byrathi…
Mysore/Mysuru: A pure drinking water unit, installed at KHB Colony, Kuvempunagar, in MCC Ward No. 57, was inaugurated by a Pourakarmika woman yesterday. The drinking water unit, which has been installed using the 14th Finance Commission Grant, was inaugurated by Pourakarmika Uma in the presence of Corporator M.C. Ramesh, BJP Booth-level President, Secretary and other…
Mysuru: Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna has asked officials of Karnataka Slum Clearance Board to identify homeless Pourakarmikas and submit a report accompanied by a list of homeless Pourakarmikas. He was addressing a meeting of Pourakarmika leaders, Devaraja Urs Colony residents and officials at Jaladarshini Guest House yesterday. During the course of…
In 2017 too, hi-tech system was introduced but abandoned later Mysore/Mysuru: Following several complaints of Pourakarmikas skipping work and fake entries being made in the attendance register, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to introduce a biometric attendance system from Sept. 1. This was decided at the continued meeting of the MCC yesterday after…
Mysore/Mysuru: The continued MCC Council meeting that began at the Main MCC Office on Sayyaji Rao Road this morning, saw a war of words between Corporators from the ruling JD(S)-Congress combine and the opposition BJP over Pourakarmika issue, with Corporators from both the ruling and opposition benches trooping into the Well. The previous meeting was…
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