Bihar assembly. (File photo)
PATNA: Bihar Legislative Council chairman Awadhesh Narain Singh on Monday ordered closure of the council and its secretariat till April 25 after one more employee died of covid-19.
“Lal Babu Ram, a sweeper in the council, died of covid-19 at his residence in the state capital. He was the third council employee who died of covid-19 in the last 10 days,” the Council public relation officer AJit Ranjan told TOI on Monday.
After a brief condolence meeting, the chairman ordered closure of the council and its secretariat till April 25 to check further spread of covid-19 infection among other employees.
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