BANGALORE: Following their demand for hike in pay, BBMP has instructed the pourakarmikas to work for eight hours a day to implement the revised payscale. Presently, the pourakarmikas work only for four hours a day. The new order is applicable to all the pourakarmikas under Palike. BBMP Commissioner Shankarlinge Gowda said, “Pourakarmikas used to divide work and carry out work in additional shifts. Earlier, the practice was to work for four hours, and in an additional shift, another batch of them used to work. I have instructed them to stop this practice. Now, all the pourakarmikas will have to compulsorily work for eight hours.” Around 18,000 pourakarmikas work for BBMP, of whom only 4,000 are under employee category. The remaining workers have been hired on contract basis for the past few years.The state government has directed the BBMP to appoint 4,000 pourakarmikas. However, Gowda said they had asked the government to relax their order. “We have asked the government to allow us to employ 4,000 pourakarmikas from the contract workers. We are waiting for its approval,” Gowda said.Karnataka State Corporation, Municipality, Town Municipality Pourakarmika Union president Narayan said that Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar had intervened when they had earlier staged a protest in April and had assured to implement the revised payscale from April 1. So far, there has been no action in this regard. “We are still waiting for the revised pay. We approached the authorities concerned on Thursday and they assured that it will be implemented by May 16. We have decided to wait until then,” Narayan said. When asked about the change in working hours, he said they did not have any problem with the work duration.
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