No drinking water for pourakarmikas who sweep streets in punishing heat
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No drinking water for pourakarmikas who sweep streets in punishing heat

The Hindu  

Fifty-year-old Lakshmi, a pourakarmika working in J.P. Nagar, now takes multiple beaks to sit under the shade as she feels light-headed sweeping the streets even in morning hours. Rangamma, another pourakarmika from ward number 71, said drinking water had become a big issue. Nirmala M., president of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Pourakarmikara Sangha, talking to The Hindu, said it is unfortunate to see that BBMP is not arranging adequate drinking water for the workers. “In some areas, the residents do not provide drinking water to the pourakarmikas citing that they have come under the direct payment of BBMP and they can afford drinking water bottles. Demand for half day work Pourakarmikas are expected to work between 6.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and have no weekly off in most cities of the State, even as Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority has issued an advisory to people of the State to beat the heat wave asking people to stay indoors between noon and 3 p.m., a memorandum by All India Central Council of Trade Unions which has multiple pourakarmika unions attached to it points out.

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