Pourakarmikas demand allotment of sites in Mangaluru taluk
The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Pourkarmikara Hagu Nalkane Darje Noukarara Sangha is demanding the government allot housing sites to 260 pourakarmikas in Mangaluru. The union has threatened to protest if the land is diverted to the Koraga community.
Why it matters
Reflects ongoing tensions regarding land rights and housing for municipal sanitation workers in urban India.
The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Pourkarmikara Hagu Nalkane Darje Noukarara Sangha has urged the government to allot housing sites to 260 pourakarmikas working in the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on the 21.5 acre land earmarked at different locations in Mangaluru taluk.
Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, sangha secretary S.P. Anand said among the 21.5 acres land earmarked include nine acres in Kudupu village in Mangaluru taluk. Of the nine acres, sites on four acres were allotted to 200 pourakarmikas in 1996-97 and only 25 pourakarmikas built houses there on about 50 cents of land. The remaining five acres was vacant.
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