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Activists point to irony of labourers working on improving civic amenities living in poor conditions
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This accommodation for labourers working on a Bengaluru Smart City Ltd. project is on Raj Bhavan Road.
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Activists point to irony of labourers working on improving civic amenities living in poor conditions
As she works on levelling the pavement and helping her husband who is planting saplings, Sameena (name changed) keeps an eye on her three-year-old son, who is playing by himself nearby. Sameena and her husband Sharief (name changed) are among the 30-odd labourers working on T. Chowdaiah Road.
Pourakarmikas demand increase in minimum wages
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Their other demands include housing benefits
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The pourakarmikas submitted a memorandum of their demands to senior civic officials on Wednesday.
| Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K
Their other demands include housing benefits
Scores of pourakarmikas staged a protest at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office demanding equal pay for equal work, an increase in minimum wages, housing benefits and bringing drivers and cleaners/assistants of auto tippers and compactors under the direct payment system.
Though the pourakarmikas, who were labelled frontline workers by the BBMP following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, have all been brought under the direct payment system, the drivers and cleaners/assistants are excluded. Their salaries and benefits continue to be controlled by garbage contractors, said Maithreyi Krishnan of BBMP Pourakarmikara Sangha, affiliated to the All India