BENGALURU: The city can hope for some relief after pourakarmikas, who were on a statewide strike, withdrew their protest on Monday after chief minister Basavaraj Bommai directed the administration to commence granting permanent employment status to civic workers in three months.
He also directed the department to form a committee to look into their demand for regularisation of services and file a report in three months.
Although he made similar statements at a meeting on July 1 when their strike began, many were omitted from minutes of the meeting which had upset the union. tnn
Cabinet okays 2,000 hardship allowance
With union leaders and civic workers given a written assurance of the timeline for regularisation of services, the CM's office on Monday released new minutes of Friday's meeting. Following this, workers called off their protest.
With this, 26,349 civic workers currently under the direct payment system will get employed as permanent staff of corporations across the state. In BBMP, there are 16,516 workers under it.
The proposed committee will have chairman, Karnataka State Commission for Safai Karamcharis, president of Karnataka Safai Karamcharis Development Corporation, labour department officials, representatives of civic workers' unions and other senior officials. The chief minister said the cabinet approved a hardship allowance of Rs 2,000 per month for workers.
Harish Kumar, special commissioner, Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Company, said the Palike has asked contractors to hire at least 8-10 workers for sweeping every ward. They will account for 20% of the total strength of pourakarmikas under direct payment.
The four-day agitation impacted door-to-door waste collection across the state.
Full report: toi.in
