Odisha: Govt Offices in Twin Cities to Function with 75% Staff Strength

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government today announced that all departments and sub-ordinate offices of the State Government in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will function with 75% strength of employees (all staff including Group-A officers) during the month of January, 2021.

The General Administration & Public Grievance Department has issued an order in this regard.
All Odisha Government offices throughout the state will remain closed on Saturdays, the order stated.

The Departments/Heads of Offices in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack may decide the manner of selection of employees who will attend office. However, the essential offices/services such as SRC and OSDMA offices, Police, Fire Services, Health Services, Municipal Services etc. shall function in full strength, it added.

In case of detection of any COVID case among the office employees, the concerned office will follow the protocol issued by the Government.

The officers/staff who have been provided with VPN shall work from home, when not assigned roster duty. They must be available to attend to any office work of urgent nature at short notice and be available on telephone at all times. Administrative departments will decide about the scale of operations in sub-ordinate and field offices, the order added.

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