Expresses concern over 10-fold increase in manual scavengers in eight years Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka State Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M. Shivanna has said that the Commission would recommend the State Government to hike the breakfast allowance being given to Pourakarmikas from the present Rs. 20 to Rs. 50 per day and also to construct rest rooms…
MCC’s unique game for Pourakarmikas to create awareness on recyclable waste collection Mysore/Mysuru: In order to create awareness on recyclable waste and to segregate such waste materials at source, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) conducted Swachhata Sports for Pourakarmikas at Town Hall premises in city this morning. Out of 150 Pourakarmikas, who had assembled at Town…
Mysore/Mysuru: Months after five Pourakarmikas died of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on Monday distributed Rs. 30 lakh each to the families of two of the deceased as a relief, at a programme organised at the MCC Main Office on Sayyaji Rao Road here. Mayor Tasneem, Deputy Mayor C. Sridhar and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Bowing to the demand of striking Pourakarmikas, the continued Council meeting of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) that took place at the MCC Hall on Friday, decided to do away with Pourakarmika Contract System and to introduce Direct Wage Credit System. The Contract Pourakarmikas, demanding that they be covered under the Direct Wage Credit System,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council meeting held yesterday did not take any concrete decision on direct credit of wages which they have been demanding for long, MCC Contract Pourakarmikas under the banner of MCC Permanent and Contract Pourakarmika Maha Sangha, continued their rotational stir for the second day today in front…
Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Mysuru Nagara Palike Khayam hagu Guttige Pourakarmikara Maha Sangha staged protest opposite Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) this morning demanding regularisation of outsourced and contractual workers and hike in salary on par with permanent employees. Protesters alleged that outsourced workers, including vehicle drivers and cleaners, working in MCC are getting a meagre salary…
Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Akhila Karnataka Arunthathiyar Mahasabha staged a protest in front of the MCC office yesterday, demanding that the State Government get the Dasara celebrations inaugurated by a Pourakarmika this time. Protestors also urged the administration to provide a separate 3 percent inner reservation for Pourakarmikas, as done in the neighbouring State Tamil Nadu….
Bengaluru: Coming to the aid of Pourakarmikas who are part of the battle against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol said that all Safai Karmacharis (Pourakarmikas), who die while engaged in COVID-19 duty, will get a compensation of Rs. 30 lakh each and one of the family members of the deceased will…
To stage demonstration tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) of bowing to the lobby of Pourakarmika outsourcing contractors, former city Mayor Narayana, who is also the President of State Pourakarmika Association, alleged that the MCC has failed to directly credit the wages to the Bank account of the Pourakarmikas, despite a clear Government …
Mysore/Mysuru: About 600 people were distributed grocery kits by MCC Ward No. 22 Corporator Namratha Ramesh, who celebrated her 44th birthday this morning. Namratha, along with her husband Ramesh, a JD(S) leader and daughters Akshatha, Harshitha and Arpitha, distributed grocery kits to nearly 600 people including labourers, house maids, daily wagers and poor people of…
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