Bengaluru Sanitation Worker, 28, Dies Of COVID-19, Union Demands Action
Sanitation workers have staged protests demanding personal protective equipment (PPEs), medical check-ups and medical insurance.
"Negligence of casteist BBMP cost Ms Shilpa, a Powrakarmika, her life! We submitted letters, held placards, petitioned BBMP for PPEs, for testing but they weren't moved. Join in a candlelight vigil at 7pm to demand action," it tweeted.
Negligence of casteist BBMP cost Ms. Shilpa, a Powrakarmika her life !
— AICCTU Karnataka (@aicctukar) July 17, 2020
We submitted letters, held placards, petitioned BBMP for PPEs, for testing but they weren't moved.
Join in a candlelight vigil at 7pm to demand action. Take pics tag @BBMPCOMM@BBMP_MAYOR
Pls RT Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/Y5bMCuiER8
Pourakarmikas are considered frontline workers during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as they are out working and cleaning the city streets even during lockdown. Many have tested positive for COVID-19 and there have been complaints that they were not given adequate safety gear. Sanitation workers have also staged protests demanding personal protective equipment (PPEs), medical check-ups and medical insurance.
ASHA health workers of Karnataka have also protested in the past and submitted a memoranda to the state government demanding better facilities during the pandemic.
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