The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will deploy additional pourakarmikas during Dasara to ensure that the city remains clean despite high footfalls of tourists and higher garbage that will be generated during the festival period.
Dr. N.P. Venkatesh, MCC health officer, said that in all 385 additional pourakarmikas have been roped in for Dasara duties and it is an ad hoc arrangement. They will be deployed to clean the main thoroughfares of the city and the various venues where Dasara events take place. This is in addition to the nearly 2200 pourakarmikas on the rolls of the MCC, said Mr. Venkatesh.
The MCC has recruited them under four different packages and will be on duty from October 14th to October 26th and the corporation will make the payments to them besides providing them with all equipment, dress, caps, gloves, boots in addition to providing them food.
