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…
Facial recognition-based attendance for Pourakarmikas launched
October 6, 2021Mysore/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…
Pourakarmika woman inaugurates Pure Drinking Water Unit
September 27, 2021Mysore/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…
Officials asked to prepare list of homeless Pourakarmikas
September 25, 2021Mysuru: 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…
Biometric system to mark Pourakarmika attendance
August 11, 2021In 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…
Pourakarmika issue rocks MCC Council meeting
August 10, 2021Mysore/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…
‘DC will be recommended to consider long-serving Pourakarmikas’
July 28, 2021Assures MCC Commissioner Lakshmikantha Reddy Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has assured that the Deputy Commissioner (DC) will be recommended to consider the long-standing services of Pourakarmikas who are among the 107 Pourakarmikas left out of the list in direct recruitment. He was speaking at a meeting convened at the MCC…
Pourakarmikas job row: MCC Commissioner to convene meeting tomorrow
July 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has convened a meeting of Pourakarmikas tomorrow (July 26) to sort out the issue of 107 contract Pourakarmikas, who have been asked not to come to work. MCC Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj said that the meeting has been called after several Pourakarmika groups met Deputy…
Appointment of Pourakarmikas: ‘Remove educational qualification clause’
July 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka State Adidravida Maadiga Horata Samithi has urged the Government to drop educational qualification clause in the appointment of Pourakarmikas in Civic Bodies across the State. Addressing a press meet recently, Samithi President D.R. Raju termed the Government’s move to stipulate SSLC or equivalent qualification for appointment of Pourakarmikas on the lines of recruitment …
Trust provides groceries to Pourakarmikas
July 2, 2021Continuing their services to the poor during the current COVID pandemic, Srinivasan Services Trust (SST), the social arm of TVS Motor Company and Sundaram-Clayton Ltd, in a bid to reach out to the local community affected by COVID-19, distributed groceries and other daily essential items to hundreds of Pourakarmikas in Mysuru district recently. The essentials…
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