Punjab authorities locations of labor buzz with early train as six-and-a-half-hour workday kicks in

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: Punjab authorities staff had an early start at work on Tuesday with new office timings coming into drive.

For the next two-and-a-half months, the office timings are 7.30 am to 2 pm as an alternative of the usual 9 am to 5 pm.

The new timetable does away with the 30-minute lunch break. Still, staff will work an hour decrease than sooner than.

The new work hours will keep in drive till July 15 and result in an estimated saving of Rs 40-42 crore, in response to officers.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who alongside alongside together with his workers arrived at Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh at 7.28 am, went straight to his office sooner than later addressing the media.

He said the model new work hours will make sure that most daylight is utilised in authorities locations of labor.

“Before implementing this decision, we talked to the employees and the people and they agreed (to the decision on the changed timings),” Mann knowledgeable reporters at a press conference.

He said the switch will help save vitality and added that “power is a big issue”.

Government staff, from IAS, IPS officers to superintendents and peons, have been seen heading to their respective locations of labor at many places in Punjab sooner than the deadline of seven:30 am.

Cabinet ministers too adhered to the model new timeline as they reached their locations of labor sooner than time.

“Good Morning Punjab.Work is Worship. Great initiative by @PunjabGovtIndia to change Office timings from 7:30am to 2pm. Small steps will lead to GREAT Achievements & Unparalleled Heights under dynamic leadership of @BhagwantMann ji. Let’s all work together for this Dream,” Information and Public Relations Minister Aman Arora tweeted.

Patiala Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, who reached her office in Patiala successfully sooner than 7:30 am, said, “As per directions of CM sir @BhagwantMann ji #TeamPatiala is present in all Govt offices at 7:30am, we are committed to serve our citizens with full zeal of work is worship.”

Elaborating upon some great benefits of the model new office timing, the Chief Minister said when the federal authorities locations of labor shut at 2 pm and electrical house gear on the premises are shut, it may suggest lower consumption by about 350 megawatts per day, resulting in monetary financial savings of about Rs 16-17 crore month-to-month on vitality funds.

“Thus, a total of Rs 40-42 crore will be saved during the period (till July 15),” he said.

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According to the power division, peak consumption hours are from 1.30 pm to 4 pm, and the model new timings will help ease the load all through these hours, Mann added.

Although the switch was seen by many staff as a risk to spend additional time with their households, outstation staff expressed concern over the model new timetable.

“The bus timing of my children is also 7.30 am and I have to be in office at 7.30 am. I dropped my children near the spot from where the school bus picks them up at 7.15 am and rushed to the office. I kept worrying about my children who had to wait for the bus all alone and board themselves,” an employee rued.

Another employee said it’ll possible be strong, notably for ladies outstation staff, who should arise very early to complete household chores, ship children to highschool after which head to their locations of labor.

In Ludhiana, the modified office timings evoked a mixed response from officers, staff and the general public.

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While lots of the officers have been seated at their desks by 7.30 am, as a result of it was the first day after the modified schedule, there was not rather a lot rush of those that usually go to the locations of labor, inside the morning hours.

Officials maintained that the model new routine may take a variety of days to get used to and the general public will start visiting the locations of labor in morning hours. On Tuesday, the company started to trickle in throughout the common time after 10. 30-11 am.

Some women staff complained that they found it robust to attain office on time.

“Most of us have to take care of children, get them ready for school and also handle household work before coming to office,” a girl employee working in Ludhiana’s mini secretariat said, together with that it has develop to be so hectic as the youngsters have to attain faculty on the an identical time.

Some outstation staff, who shuttle between neighbouring cities and cities, moreover found it robust to commute early inside the morning.

They said these staff, who reside in Jalandhar and are posted in Ludhiana and vice versa, will now need to depart at 5 or 5.30 am to attain their locations of labor by 7:30 am.

Vikas Juneja, president, Deputy Commissioner’s Office Employees Union, Ludhiana, said he supported the federal authorities’s switch to keep away from losing electrical vitality.

He said there may be some preliminary hiccups, nevertheless hoped that points will normalise in a short time.

Ashwani Sahota, chairman, Ludhiana Municipal Employees Sangharsh Union moreover welcomed the switch and said the workers are happy with the change.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab authorities staff had an early start at work on Tuesday with new office timings coming into drive.

For the next two-and-a-half months, the office timings are 7.30 am to 2 pm as an alternative of the usual 9 am to 5 pm.

The new timetable does away with the 30-minute lunch break. Still, staff will work an hour decrease than sooner than.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );