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Why not let a Pourakarmika co-op handle garbage messThis is not to suggest that the CM or his ministers love to see pourakarmikas suffer. It could be that they are perhaps clueless about how ...10 Oct, 2018, 11.19 AM IST- Civic workers not getting paid for months nowPourakarmikas in some pockets of Bengaluru — especially KR Puram, Banaswadi, Ramamurthy Nagar, Mayo Hall — are not receiving salaries for t...02 Oct, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
- Will the suicide of a pourakarmika, who went without pay for months, stir Bangaluru's conscience?Many pourakarmikas are yet to be paid as the BBMP is slow in verification and those enrolled into the BBMP’s biometric systems do not get p...17 Jul, 2018, 02.39 PM IST
- BBMP junks its own proposals to end contractors' strangleholdWhile the State Cabinet decided that the direct payment system to pourakarmikas would commence on September 1 (later postponed to October 1...16 Oct, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
- BBMP stops its probe to weed out `Ghost' civic workersThe third-party verification process, ordered just a week ago, was looking into how garbage contractors claimed higher bills from the BBMP ...18 Jul, 2017, 10.39 AM IST
- Civic staff end stir on government AssuranceTheir demand for regularisation of service and modalities involved in direct wage payments will be discussed in an official meeting on June...14 Jun, 2017, 11.01 AM IST
- Biometric attendance to axe fake civic workers in BengaluruThe "scam" is now confirmed, civic activists point out, thanks to ward-wise muster rolls of all 32,000 pourakarmikas, which the BBMP upload...31 May, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
- BBMP faces ire for publishing pourakarmikas' Aadhaar details on websiteThe disclosure comes at a time when the Modi govt's push for wider application of the unique identification number has triggered a debate o...29 May, 2017, 10.31 AM IST
- Pourakarmika cooperatives a step awayThe city civic corporation is ready to introduce contractor-less solid waste management. The pilot project in the assembly constituencies o...16 May, 2017, 10.29 AM IST
- Karnataka Budget 2017: Drawing attention to Bengaluru's contract workersContract pourakarmikas, unlike regular workers, do not get proper wages for the work they do and are denied benefits.21 Mar, 2017, 11.23 AM IST
- Mechanised sweepers likely to wipe out pourakarmikas from half of city roadsThe new garbage contracts being finalised will give bidders an option to either use pourakarmikas or bring in mechanised sweepers for stree...21 Feb, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
- Bengaluru civic workers to get Akshaya Patra meals from NovemberThe workers will get rice and sambar four days in a week. On the other three days, they will get bisibele bath, palau and rice bath.14 Oct, 2016, 05.39 PM IST
- BBMP's plan for civic staff cooperative society meets resistanceThe BBMP Guttige Powrakarmika Sangha, which is opposing the move, submitted a representation to the commissioner expressing disdain.13 Jul, 2016, 10.15 AM IST
- 20,000 civic staff set to get midday meal in BengaluruAkshaya Patra, an NGO run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), has agreed to supply meals for municipal workers.05 Jul, 2016, 10.35 AM IST
- Civic Body now moots training for its workers on waste segregationThe special commissioner for solid waste management in BBMP, Subodh Yadav, told ET the training will teach all the stakeholders what they a...02 May, 2016, 10.57 AM IST
- Civic body in Bengaluru now moots training for its workers on waste segregationThe training will address the breaks in the chain and ambiguities in responsibility,” said Sandhya Narayanan, spokesperson of Solid Waste M...02 May, 2016, 06.11 AM IST
- Pourakarmikas will now "Cheque" it outBengaluru city in-charge minister Ramalinga Reddy told ET this will be made part of the contract agreement, and would hopefully plug leaks.12 Mar, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
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