COVID rules blatantly flouted in PCMC area
COVID rules blatantly flouted in PCMC area
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: May 4, 2021, 06:00 IST
Ignoring social distancing, around 250 workers gather at an infra project near Sangvi
Following directions from the Union department of personnel and training (DoPT), all state governments, civic bodies and private companies had been asked to exempt their employees from marking their
attendance on the biometric system over concerns that it could end up spreading COVID-19.
Accordingly, both
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (
PCMC) banned the practice at all their headquarters and ward offices. Industries also follow the norms. Instead, all the employees were asked to mark their attendance in the attendance register (as done prior to the launch of the biometric system) during this time. Many chose the new practice to mark the attendance through video calls too.