New Year celebration restricted in govt places of work in Odisha

Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha authorities on Friday restricted gatherings to have fun the New Year at places of work on Saturday in view of the rise in new Covid instances within the State. 

The General Administration and Public Grievance division has directed all authorities staff to scrupulously keep away from group actions, congregations and greetings with flower bouquets in places of work on January 1.

The authorities staff have been suggested to make use of digital mediums for conveying their New Year greetings to colleagues and seniors, and preserve social distancing.

A day after releasing the Covid-19 tips for January, the State authorities has modified the night time curfew restrictions in all city areas by exempting a number of important actions.

In a revised notification, the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) clarified night time curfew restrictions from 10 pm to five am is not going to be relevant to officers on responsibility, healthcare and emergency employees of utilities, together with electrical energy, fireplace providers, telecom, water provide, railways, port and airport.

Movement of ambulances, public transport, personal automobiles and taxis (together with cabs by aggregators like Ola and Uber) to and from airports, railway stations and bus terminals/stops for facilitating the motion of passengers by air, rail and street might be allowed.

The workers of IT and ITeS corporations might be allowed to maneuver through the restricted hours on manufacturing of their ID playing cards aside from any particular person, in case of medical or one other emergency, proprietor/workers of chemist outlets, all industrial models, development actions, early warning companies and catastrophe administration institutions.

Operation of accommodations and hospitality models, together with their related places of work, motion of workers and related personnel, dhabas alongside highways for takeaway solely, petrol pumps and CNG stations, LPG distribution, residence supply of meals and different important objects by eating places and aggregators personnel and vehicular motion have been allowed.

However, there might be no restrictions on the motion of individuals/automobiles for testing and vaccination and residential supply of meals objects. All business institutions, together with important objects, meals and vegetable outlets, however excluding medication, prescribed drugs, medical gadgets and optical outlets will stay closed.