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Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray directed chief secretary to work out on two shifts for Mantralaya staffers and officials, the state government on Wednesday issued directives to secretaries of the respective departments to decide on what form of staggering to adopt subject to adhering to the Covid-19 protocols.
In a letter written to the Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary and Secretaries, Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar said that in order to facilitate the adherence to the norms of social distancing and to ensure avoidance of crowding, the staggered working hours could be initiated.
The letter said staggering could be in form of calling the department personnel on alternate days, 3 days shifts and weekly shifts. Furthermore, it said, respective secretaries can take a decision ensuring that work is not affected in case it is felt that even with full attendance without staggering all covid-19 protocol can be maintained and safety of all personnel can be taken care of.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had asked the chief secretary to draw up a plan to implement two working shifts at Mantralaya, the state secretariat.
At the NITI Aayog meeting held last week, Thackeray had talked about the need to adopt staggered office timings to lessen crowding in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Amid rising COVID-19 cases in the state, Thackeray had also asked chief secretary Sanjay Kumar to explore which government departments can run at full capacity with employees working from home.
