BENGALURU: Pourakarmikas in different wards around the city have been refusing to show up for work following a row over non-payment of salaries. Pourakarmikas say that even though the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) began paying them immediately as an alternative of being paid by contractors, arrears for a number of months have been pending.
The BBMP admitted that whileithas paidsalariesfor February and March, it's nonetheless in the process of freeing the similar for January and April. However, pourakarmikas hired in more than a few portions of town say complete salaries have no longer been credited for “many months” and even their salaries for December last year are pending with contractors. Many of them have no longer grew to become up for work a number of occasions in the previous few months, and a protestheldin Aprilin frontof theBBMPheadquarters proved futile.
Rathnamma, 23, who works in Herohalli ward, said she only gained partial charge for January and February.
“As according to the revision, we are supposed to get Rs 14,000 in hand every month, however after the biometric system used to be introduced, there was no uniformity in recording attendance. Everyone has gained varying amounts of not more than Rs10,000.”
Sarfaraz Khan, joint commissioner (health & cast waste management), BBMP, claimed salaries of “80% of genuine employees” had been paid.
“The city needs 18,000 pourakarmikas who are assigned in keeping with the scale of wards,” Khan said. “We have found that between 3,000 and4000extra other folks have been operating as pourakarmikas over the previous few months. We need to crosscheck to make sure they aren't ghost employees. Wehaven’t made a decision on charge to them, however we are in the processof making the biometric system foolproof and willensure all are paidsoon.”
The BBMP admitted that whileithas paidsalariesfor February and March, it's nonetheless in the process of freeing the similar for January and April. However, pourakarmikas hired in more than a few portions of town say complete salaries have no longer been credited for “many months” and even their salaries for December last year are pending with contractors. Many of them have no longer grew to become up for work a number of occasions in the previous few months, and a protestheldin Aprilin frontof theBBMPheadquarters proved futile.
Rathnamma, 23, who works in Herohalli ward, said she only gained partial charge for January and February.
“As according to the revision, we are supposed to get Rs 14,000 in hand every month, however after the biometric system used to be introduced, there was no uniformity in recording attendance. Everyone has gained varying amounts of not more than Rs10,000.”
Sarfaraz Khan, joint commissioner (health & cast waste management), BBMP, claimed salaries of “80% of genuine employees” had been paid.
“The city needs 18,000 pourakarmikas who are assigned in keeping with the scale of wards,” Khan said. “We have found that between 3,000 and4000extra other folks have been operating as pourakarmikas over the previous few months. We need to crosscheck to make sure they aren't ghost employees. Wehaven’t made a decision on charge to them, however we are in the processof making the biometric system foolproof and willensure all are paidsoon.”
Pourakarmikas seek salary, abstain from work
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