CHB to involve spared staff in Covid work

Chandigarh, January 8

In the wake of a surge in cases of Covid-19, the CHB has directed that the services of spared employees may be utilised for the Covid-related work.

The UT Administration had on Wednesday ordered that all government offices, except for essential services/departments, would function with physical attendance of 50 per cent capacity of the actual strength with regard to Group C and D staff. The rest of the 50 per cent staff would be required to work from home.

The essential departments include Health, Revenue, the MC, Police, etc. Services of any staff of the UT Administration can be utilised in these departments.

Yashpal Garg, Chief Executive Officer, CHB, said following directions from the UT Administration, the 50 per cent of Group C and D staff, which was to be spared from the office, need to either work from home or be utilised for Covid-related work. Such works had been assigned to Rajeev Singla, Chief Engineer, CHB, and Urvashi Kaul, system analyst, he said. Accordingly, instead of allowing work from home, such staff may be directed to report to them, he added. — TNS