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Health

Bengaluru Buzz: BBMP Commissioner transferred | Rapid antigen tests in all wards | High pass % in CBSE 12th exams…and more

July 20, 2020 News Desk

Catch up on last week’s news in our roundup.

Economy

With meagre pay and unhealthy conditions, why do Bengaluru pourakarmikas continue in their jobs?

February 26, 2019 Krupa Sriram

Illiteracy, caste dynamics and social constraints of a migrant worker — a survey in Whitefield reveals the mix of factors that keep a pourakarmika bound to her profession, irrespective of the conditions and compensation.

Civic

What can Bengaluru expect from BBMP’s 14.4-crore plan to send pourakarmikas to Singapore?

September 6, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

More than 500 pourakarmikas have already visited Singapore at a cost of Rs 80000 each, as part of BBMP’s plan to send a targeted 1800 waste workers for training and international exposure. But what have they brought back and how much of it is being implemented?

Commute

Bangalore Buzz: Flood warning for September | Push for suburban rail | KIA second fastest growing airport… and more

August 28, 2018 News Desk

Been busy or away from your city? Catch up on some of the most critical developments in Bengaluru over the last one week.

Commute

Bangalore Buzz: BBMP vs pourakarmikas, new plans to ease traffic, and more

July 14, 2018 News Desk

The latest in the controversy over non-payment of salaries to pourakarmikas, objections to certain proposed corridors and a collaboration with Japan to install smart traffic signals across the city — did you catch all this on the papers over the week gone by? A quick recap of these and other pertinent news from namma Bengaluru.

Governance

Pourakarmikas protest: Demand four months salary

April 21, 2018 News Desk

Several hundred pourakarmikas gathered at the BBMP Head Office today to demand four months salary. The BBMP, which is the principal employer of these pourakarmikas decided to pay the workers directly from January 2018, and

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Society

Small mercies

April 3, 2013 Srijaya N Char

A Bangalorean relishes the simple joys of life that make up her perfect day.

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Infrastructure

Still lying on the footpath

March 4, 2008 Srijaya N Char

One lady with a wheelbarrow. Another with a helper in a three wheeler to collect. Even other people to clean the drain. Yet
at 10 AM, the streets…

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