Depending on the scale of seniority and payment scale, Porakarmikas will receive salaries at the same level with other employees of Group D of the Civic Body. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar
Nagalakshmi (38) has been working as a porakarmic and has been sweeping the street of the city for almost 20 years. She started under the supplier and received a modest amount of 1,000 ₹ per month. It is one of the 12,692 buds, whose services will be regularized by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) 1 May.
“Working Under the Contractors Was and Very Bad Phase. Not Only Was The Pay Less, But There Was Also Harassment We Had. From North Other Benefits.
Depending on the scale of seniority and payment scale, Porakarmikas will receive salaries at the same level with other employees of Group D of the Civic Body. Given the 7th grade, the commission is expected to receive an average of about 35,000 GBP, said BBMP officer.
Currently, 15,400 Pouacarmikas are paid via DPS. Of these, only 12,692 are regularized and maintains 2,708 still below the PCB. BBMP has accepted the criteria that have worked for at least two years under the PCB and are under 55 years of age will be regularized. Most of them missed over 55 years, sources said.
“Regulating the services of these pokarmikas has been our long -term demand, and we are also asking to regulate the services of other booharmicas that work on the PCB regime in other corporations throughout the state,” Maitreyi Krishhnan of BBMP Pozarmikar Sangha said.
Long fight
It is the result of a long struggle that began in 2013, said clifton d’a Asario from BBMP Pozarmikar Sangh. “On the recommendation of the Chandrashekhar Committee report, it was created in 2013 and our struggle demanded its implementation in full, the then congress government decided to regulate in 2016.
Collectors of sweepers and waste worked until 2016 until 2016, in the middle of charges of double invoicing and abuse of funds. BBMP introduced a biometric authentication of all porakarmikas, which reduced numbers from 32,000 to approximately 18,000. Unlike the cabinet decision, these sweepers were brought under the PCB and received minimum wages, problems and other facilities such as EPF, remuneration and health insurance.
“As we continued to fight for the regularization of their services and brought waste collectors on roles, the BJP government led by Bommai has created a Committee under the (IAS officer) of Rrakesh Singh to formulate the regulation of their services.
Published – April 30, 2025 20:24
