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Manual scavenging: Pourakarmika takes ill, dies at hospital

Protest staged by keeping body near DC’s Office; Rs. 10 lakh compensation handed over to family of deceased Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing that a private Pourakarmika was forcibly made to get into a sewage…

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Published December 21, 2021 · 3 min read
manual scavenging: pourakarmik

Protest staged by keeping body near DC’s Office; Rs. 10 lakh compensation handed over to family of deceased

Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing that a private Pourakarmika was forcibly made to get into a sewage soak pit to clean it, who took ill and later breathed his last at a hospital, the family members of the deceased Pourakarmika, led by former Mayor Narayan, staged a protest by keeping the body of the Pourakarmika in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office here yesterday demanding Rs. 25 lakh compensation to the deceased family members.

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