BANGALORE: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahangara Palike (BBMP) Action Committee has announced to stage a protest against the 'insensitive' corporation on Thursday. Members of the forum said that there were more than 4000 vacancies to be filled by pourakarmikas. N Narayan of the BBMPAC, pointed out that there should be one pourakarmika for every 500 citizens. Sharing the BBMP's claims that there were over 16,000 pourakarmikas (permanent and contract) and safai karamcharis in the Palike, he said that none of them had any official document confirming their occupation from the Palike.
Reiterating the monetary reimbursements, he said that these workers received only `2,600 as against the `5,280, claimed by the civic body. Also, the middle men (contractors) cut a portion of the salary saying Provident Fund. They also added that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had declared that a site, originally meant for the pourakarmika housing society, had been declared as a civic amenities site.
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