ADMN REVERTS TO 50% STAFF ON ROTATION AT SECRETARIAT

CHANDIGARH: Only a month after it allowed 100% staff at the UT secretariat in Sector 9, the administration on Tuesday reintroduced rotational duties.

Now, only 50% staff will be allowed at the secretariat on any given day. Employees have been asked to come to office on alternate days, and work from home on the remaining days.

The decision comes after nine employees of the education department working in the additional deluxe building of the secretariat tested positive for Covid-19 in the past few days. The administration has also been facing flak for its failure to ensure social distancing among its staff.

Meanwhile, the administration is actively considering reducing and restricting public dealing hours in its offices. The decision will particularly impact offices such as the Registration and Licensing Authority.

UT adviser Manoj Kumar Parida said: “Despite directions, people are turning up at offices without appointment. The decision on restricting public dealing hours will be taken on Wednesday.”

police post of Sector 61, where the cop is posted, has been closed for two days for sanitisation. About 80% of its 55 staffers have also been quarantined.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has also temporarily closed seven sections of its administrative unit after the husband of an employee tested positive. The employee will also be undergo test for coronavirus disease besides another male employee who has been hospitalised after complaining of fever, stated a release.

FIVE MORE CONTRACT DISEASE IN DISTRICT

Four men suffering from influenza like illness besides a woman also tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on Tuesday, taking the tally to 323. As many as 80