Assures 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…
Echo of MCC Commissioner’s resignation: MCC office turns into a mass protest venue
June 4, 2021Holding placards, Corporators and MCC staff staging a protest in front of MCC this morning. Mysore/Mysuru: What next without the captain? This was the question in the minds of protesting Corporators, Pourakarmikas, UGD workers and office staff of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) who stuck work this morning in protest against the resignation of their…
Vaccine hesitancy among Pourakarmikas worries MCC
June 3, 202140 percent of civic workers yet to receive jabs, thanks to misinformation 13 buses offer free pick-up and drop service to Pourakarmikas in 9 Zones Mysore/Mysuru: Vaccination drive against COVID-19 among frontline workers lags behind due to vaccine hesitancy. Frontline workers have borne the brunt of the pandemic even as cases are hurtling with breath-taking…
‘Appoint Pourakarmikas in the ratio of 1:500 population’
May 30, 2021Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman writes to Chief Minister Bengaluru: Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman Kote M. Shivanna has appealed Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to have one Pourakarmika per 500 population. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Shivanna said that at present, there is one Pourakarmika per 700 population in Bengaluru’s BBMP and other…
Pourakarmika Association demands facilities on par with BBMP civic workers
May 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Pourakarmika and Contract Pourakarmika Mahasangha has appealed Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman Kote M. Shivanna to provide facilities to MCC Pourakarmikas on par with BBMP Pourakarmikas. A delegation of the Mahasangha led by its President R. Ramesh met Shivanna at the MCC office here yesterday when he had come for a meeting to discuss…
COVID victim Pourakarmikas to be treated equally: Shivanna
May 20, 2021Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman assures that Rs. 30 lakh will be paid to families as compensation Mysore/Mysuru: Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna has said that he will ask the State Government to release compensation of Rs. 30 lakh each to the families of three Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) workers who succumbed to COVID-19. He…
Safai Karmachari Commission directs authorities for direct credit of Pourakarmika wages
May 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission has directed the concerned authorities to directly credit the wages of Pourakarmikas serving in all local bodies, to their respective bank account every month without delay. Addressing a virtual meeting with officials from various departments across the State here yesterday, the Commission Chairman Kote M. Shivanna instructed the officials to…
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