Articles for Civic Workers

10 years on, pourakarmikas yet to receive flats at BDA’s Alur residential complex
1 month ago

10 years on, pourakarmikas yet to receive flats at BDA’s Alur residential complex

The Hindu  

The residential complex built by the Bangalore Development Authority for the pourakarmikas at Alur has turned into ghost houses with none occupied even ten years after the completion of the project, thanks to the poor coordination between the BDA and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. Blame game H.R Shantarajanna, Engineer Member, BDA talking to The Hindu said the BDA is …

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Civic body mulls drive to ensure 100 per cent waste segregation in Tiruchy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Civic body mulls drive to ensure 100 per cent waste segregation in Tiruchy

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY: With the QR code system for monitoring waste collection in households facing inordinate delays in its implementation, the corporation is exploring options to raise awareness among residents and sanitation workers alike so as to ensure 100% segregation of waste at source. Another official said plans are on to ensure sanitation workers reach households well before office hours so as …

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Bengaluru: More than 3,200 dengue cases reported in two months, civic bodies asked to be vigilant
1 year, 6 months ago

Bengaluru: More than 3,200 dengue cases reported in two months, civic bodies asked to be vigilant

Firstpost  

As many as 416 cases have come to light in September so far. The cases are on the rise because of stagnant rain waters, said Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, adding that pesticides are being sprayed in Bengaluru to get rid of mosquitoes, which carry the virus. Concerned over the alarming surge in the number of dengue cases in the …

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Coimbatore Corporation contract sanitary workers, drivers temporarily call off strike
1 year, 7 months ago

Coimbatore Corporation contract sanitary workers, drivers temporarily call off strike

The Hindu  

Conservancy workers, drivers and cleaners under the Coimbatore Corporation temporarily called off their strike on Monday after the Corporation Commissioner promised to pay sanitation workers ₹17,500, and drivers and cleaners ₹26,000 a month. Tamilnadu Selvam, general secretary of Tamil Nadu Annal Ambedkar Scavengers General Employees Union, said that after discussion, the civic body promised to pay drivers ₹26,624. We are …

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BJP asked party workers to not mention garbage issue during civic body polls, alleges AAP
2 years, 5 months ago

BJP asked party workers to not mention garbage issue during civic body polls, alleges AAP

India Today  

The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is now fearing defeat and has threatened its own workers, saying that if anyone mentions the issue of garbage during the Municipal Corporation of Delhi election, they'll be thrown out of the party. Workers were instructed in the meeting that even if the Aam Aadmi Party discusses garbage, …

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Talks with authorities fail, Dengue Breeding Checkers intensify their strike for regularisation
3 years, 1 month ago

Talks with authorities fail, Dengue Breeding Checkers intensify their strike for regularisation

The Hindu  

Negotiations between the city’s civic body administration and its workers deployed as dengue breeding checkers, bore no fruit as the workers decided to continue their indefinite strike on Tuesday. Devanand Sharma, president, Anti-Malaria Ekta Karamchari Union, said that the strike will continue until their demand for the “immediate regularization” of DBCs – who are currently employed on a contractual basis …

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Covid-19 vaccination for those above 45 suspended in Ahmedabad
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 vaccination for those above 45 suspended in Ahmedabad

India Today  

The Covid-19 vaccination for people above the age of 45 was suspended at the civic-run facilities in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Tuesday due to unavailability of vaccines, officials said. According to a release issued by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the vaccination was also suspended for frontline and healthcare workers at the urban health centres, community health centres and civic-run hospitals and …

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Three Civic Workers Get Trapped Under Debris at Delhi Landfill After Part of it Sid Due to Heavy Rain
4 years, 7 months ago

Three Civic Workers Get Trapped Under Debris at Delhi Landfill After Part of it Sid Due to Heavy Rain

News 18  

Three workers of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation were trapped under debris at the Bhalaswa landfill after a part of it slid down due to heavy rains, the civic body mayor said on Thursday. "Due to heavy rains, a part of mound that was on the lower portion slid and the three workers got swamped under it. Over 40 locations …

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KDMT privatisation plan: Civic chief to submit details
5 years, 6 months ago

KDMT privatisation plan: Civic chief to submit details

Hindustan Times  

Privatisation of Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Transport has come one step closer to reality. In May 2018, KDMT had proposed to the state, asking permission to absorb the existing contract-based drivers and conductors into KDMT as staffers. The state government has written to Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, asking it to submit a report on the number of drivers and conductors employed …

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Congress workers count and fill potholes in Mumbai's Bandra, accuse BMC of not being prepared for monsoon
6 years, 8 months ago

Congress workers count and fill potholes in Mumbai's Bandra, accuse BMC of not being prepared for monsoon

Firstpost  

Congress workers on Saturday counted and filled potholes in suburban Bandra as part of its campaign. Mumbai: Congress workers on Saturday counted and filled potholes in suburban Bandra as part of its campaign, titled “Aao Potholes Giney”, and accused Mumbai’s civic body of not being prepared for the monsoon. Sanjay Nirupam, the Congress’ city unit chief, on Saturday said that …

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Congress workers allegedly attack senior SAD leaders in Punjab during civic poll nominations
7 years, 3 months ago

Congress workers allegedly attack senior SAD leaders in Punjab during civic poll nominations

Firstpost  

SAD leaders including former MLA Joginder Singh Jindu, district president Avtar Singh Minna and Vardev Singh Mann were allegedly attacked by Congress workers Ferozepur: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leaders including former MLA Joginder Singh Jindu, district president Avtar Singh Minna and Vardev Singh Mann were allegedly attacked by Congress workers on Wednesday when they went to Mallanwala for the filing …

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Delhi MCD polls: Cong ropes in Amarinder Singh as BJP deploys Amit Shah, Naidu
8 years ago

Delhi MCD polls: Cong ropes in Amarinder Singh as BJP deploys Amit Shah, Naidu

Hindustan Times  

Captain Amarinder Singh will be deployed to take on the AAP in its home base in Delhi, after he defeated the Arvind Kejriwal-led party in Punjab, Congress leaders said on Saturday. Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu could also canvass along with Delhi party chief Ajay Maken. “We are planning to rope in Captain Amarinder Singh since there is a substantial …

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Delhi High Court: All Sanitation Workers Must Be Paid by Monday
9 years, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court: All Sanitation Workers Must Be Paid by Monday

The Quint  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it would ensure that all the sanitation workers received their salaries and asked the civic bodies to provide it with a list of those yet to get their pay. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said it would hear the matter on Monday, and till then salaries …

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Down the drain
9 years, 4 months ago

Down the drain

The Hindu  

AFTER a long, tiring day at work, Ved Prakash Bidla limps back home every day. “If you lift a 100-kg lid of the sewer without any mechanical equipment for years, it will take its toll on your body,” Bidla says matter-of-factly while narrating the woes of safai karamcharis of Delhi. Expected to clean the 9,000 tonnes of waste that 1.68 …

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ITC to use rag-pickers to clean-up Bangalore
11 years, 8 months ago

ITC to use rag-pickers to clean-up Bangalore

India TV News  

Bangalore, June 29: FMCG major ITC Ltd Saturday extended its 'wealth out of waste' programme to Bangalore by roping in rag-pickers and civic workers to make the city greener by cleaning up its garbage. "As ambassadors of the programme, rag-pickers and civic workers will get at least Rs.3,000 more per month to sustain their livelihood by collecting garbage in 10 …

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