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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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Pourakarmikas protest: Demand four months salary

Small mercies

Still lying on the footpath