letter to Director

 AU/16/Dir/2020/36                                7thOctober  2020.
To
The Director,
BARC.

Ref: your circular No. /10/1/2020/HRD & SR&W/ dated 7/10/2020.
Sub: Preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 Reopening of more activities reg.

Respected Sir,
With reference to the above subject we would like to bring your kind attention to the folloing points.
1.    The BARC Administration has issued a circular on 7th October2020 asking  all employees to  join duty with immediate effect  irrespective of their level pay or grade.
2.    The DOPT has converyed  the decision   through  its OM  F No 11013/9/2014-Estt.A.III  dated 7th October 2020  that

a)The Government Servants at the level of Under Secretary and above to attend office on all working days.
b) As regards the Government Servants below the level of Under Secretary, atleast 50% of attendance is to be ensured. The Heads of Department may mandate attendance of more than 50%, if required in public interest, while strictly ensuring that the social distancing is maintained under all circumstances.
f)Persons with disabilities and preganant women  employees should continue to wprk from home till further orders.

3.     Yesterday  i.e. on 7th October 2020  there was a serious interaction with the  Residence welfare       Associations of   Anushaktinagar in which Officials from BMC,Head Medical Division,Chief Security Officer DCSEM and Officials from DCSEM participated. Dr. Nowni in-charge of COVID-19 control of ME ward expressed his concern on increasing the cases in Anushaktinagar.He exhibited the data that out of 10 lakh population of ME ward only 50,000 contributes from Anushaktinagar whereas 25% of the total infection cases are reported  from Anushaktinagar.


4.    The Government of Maharashtra has issued guidelines to open the Hotels/Easteries with 50% of strength effective from  5th October 2020. Accordingly all the Departmental  Canteen/tea Pantries  to be operational with immediate effect. It is further request to ensure canteen facility to the employees who are attending Round the clock shift.
5.    The Public transport is not operational in its required strength and hence the  employees are  struggling to commute residence to office and back through heavy traffic. Considering this  the BARC should allow time relaxation to the employees who are attending office. Some other Units in Mumbai are  already following it.  
6.    As mentioned in the above cited OM  of DOPT,  persons with disabilities and pregnant women should allow work from Home.
7.    The Employees are very much concerned on non-payment of Transport Allowance since last 5 months and  the same may please be  persuedat DAE so that the TA can be released in this month.

In this circumstances this Union request you to put on hold the circular issued by the BARC    Administation  and a revised order in line with DOPT OM may be issued. Further all the request made in this letter may please be considered.

It will be highly appreciated if you could arrange a meeting with the Union to discuss the above issues at the earliest.

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,

A.Sreedharan
(Gen.Secretary)