BENGALURU: Nearly 2,000 pourakarmikas and rubbish car drivers and loaders from across the city protested on the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) headquarters on Tuesday morning seeking their wages which was no longer paid to them for the past five months.
Later in the day, BBMP issued a circular agreeing to credit score all exceptional salaries in 3 days and also declaring that no longer a unmarried pourakarmika would be terminated.
Pourakarmikas from Adugodi, Ejipura, RR Nagar, Mahadevapura and different areas participated in the protest. While some staff struck paintings to participate in the protest, others turned up after attending to their morning accountability.
They wanted revision of the proposed 700:1 ratio of other people to pourakarmikas to be maintained all through recruitment and hiring of 16% greater than sanctioned pourakarmikas in every ward to serve as backup all through weekly offs and different holidays.
According to Lekha Adavi, BBMP Guttige Pourakarmikara Sangha, pourakarmikas in only some wards loved a half-day go away on Wednesday and Sundays as it was no longer implemented uniformly.
“As according to the circular issued by way of the BBMP final yr, there are a number of leaves that pourakarmikas are eligible for, together with maternity go away, sick go away and national holidays, however they hardly get those. Even loaders and drivers are hard that they be made part of the direct payment system, as they nonetheless paintings below contractors. There also are pourakarmikas, who've been operating for not up to a yr, however nonetheless want to be compensated for their labour,” she said.
Grievance cell and ESI playing cards
Mayor R Sampath Raj and joint commissioner (health and cast waste management) Sarfaraz Khan spoke to the protesters who demanded a written acknowledgement of their demands. The circular also known as for formation of a criticism cell below the aegis of the chief engineer (SWM) and the assistant commissioner (SWM).
Maitreyi Krishnan of the union said the circular additionally mentioned that FIRs will be lodged against bogus entry holders in addition to officers or supervisors complicit in the act.
“The letter permits for immediate recognition of sexual harassment and insist of cash by way of contractors from pourakarmikas. They have additionally promised liberate of ESI playing cards and provident fund numbers of pourakarmikas, together with full compliance with the go away structure they are entitled to,” she said. Pourakarmikas can even get protection kits, together with uniforms, masks, gloves and different tools required for their paintings, in per week.
Later in the day, BBMP issued a circular agreeing to credit score all exceptional salaries in 3 days and also declaring that no longer a unmarried pourakarmika would be terminated.
Pourakarmikas from Adugodi, Ejipura, RR Nagar, Mahadevapura and different areas participated in the protest. While some staff struck paintings to participate in the protest, others turned up after attending to their morning accountability.
They wanted revision of the proposed 700:1 ratio of other people to pourakarmikas to be maintained all through recruitment and hiring of 16% greater than sanctioned pourakarmikas in every ward to serve as backup all through weekly offs and different holidays.
According to Lekha Adavi, BBMP Guttige Pourakarmikara Sangha, pourakarmikas in only some wards loved a half-day go away on Wednesday and Sundays as it was no longer implemented uniformly.
“As according to the circular issued by way of the BBMP final yr, there are a number of leaves that pourakarmikas are eligible for, together with maternity go away, sick go away and national holidays, however they hardly get those. Even loaders and drivers are hard that they be made part of the direct payment system, as they nonetheless paintings below contractors. There also are pourakarmikas, who've been operating for not up to a yr, however nonetheless want to be compensated for their labour,” she said.
Grievance cell and ESI playing cards
Mayor R Sampath Raj and joint commissioner (health and cast waste management) Sarfaraz Khan spoke to the protesters who demanded a written acknowledgement of their demands. The circular also known as for formation of a criticism cell below the aegis of the chief engineer (SWM) and the assistant commissioner (SWM).
Maitreyi Krishnan of the union said the circular additionally mentioned that FIRs will be lodged against bogus entry holders in addition to officers or supervisors complicit in the act.
“The letter permits for immediate recognition of sexual harassment and insist of cash by way of contractors from pourakarmikas. They have additionally promised liberate of ESI playing cards and provident fund numbers of pourakarmikas, together with full compliance with the go away structure they are entitled to,” she said. Pourakarmikas can even get protection kits, together with uniforms, masks, gloves and different tools required for their paintings, in per week.
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