Summary:
| Photo Credit: The Hindumore-inThousands of pourakarmikas, like S.
Subramani, who committed suicide allegedly over non-payment of wages since February by the BBMP, continue to clean up the city every day without being paid for their work. The BBMP took over the responsibility of making direct payments to pourakarmikas, who had been working under contractors, from January this year. But thousands are yet to be paid amidst the BBMP’s decision to pay only after verifying and weeding out ghost and fake workers from the rolls. We have decided to pay them wages for the work they have done and relieve them. Following a massive protest by pourakarmikas in June, then BBMP Commissioner Maheshwar Rao had given a written assurance to clear all dues in three days, which was not honoured..