For Funerals only 20 people: Assam Govt

In all funerals of Assam, henceforth only 20 persons cantake part, announced Assam Government as Assam is going to enter the part-II ofthe second phase.

Addressing a press conference Assam chief secretary KumarSanjay Krishna on Monday announced relaxation in several sectors andactivities.

Some of the decisions Assam Government announced are

• Right from the deputy secretaries to the high-levelofficials of the Assam Secretariat will have to attend their respective officeregularly.

• Third and fourth category employees will have tocome to their respective offices as per the directives issued by theirdepartmental officers.

• Only 33 per cent of the employees will be ableto attend the office at a time and the departments will prepare necessaryrosters in this regard.

• The chief secretary made it clear that thedeputy secretaries, joint secretaries and secretaries will not be able to cometo their respective offices using personal cars.

• The Secretariat will make arrangements of busesto bring them to their offices and the time schedule and routes of the buseswill be published in the newspapers.

• The directors and deputy directors, serving indifferent directorates, autonomous councils, public sector institutions, willalso have to attend their offices.

• Zonal commissioners, deputy commissioners andSDOs (Civil) will issue directives for implementation of the same measures intheir own office and other offices in the district.

• Except the employees and workers of the office,outsiders' entry will remain prohibited. People can communicate the officesthrough the control room and electronic medium.

• All the officers will bring their identity cardswhile coming to offices.

• Wearing of face masks and use of hand sanitizerhave been mandated for all the employees and officers.

• In workplaces, everyone will have to maintainsocial distancing.

• The agriculture and financial sectors willremain open."

• The industrial activities will continuefollowing standard operating procedure (SOP) and taking all protective measures.

• E-commerce and digital economic activities willcontinue.

• Activities of all the units under the healthdepartment will continue.

• The machine shops and repair garages involved inagriculture activities will also remain open.

• Transportation of agriculture products willcontinue.

• Fishing, production of milk and milk-basedproducts and their sale will continue, the chief secretary said.

• Activities of oil and natural gas will continue.

• However, all the educational institutes in thestate will remain closed during the lockdown period.

• After April 20, the migrated workers will beallowed only once to move to one district to their work sites in anotherdistrict."