The labour Commissioner has issued a circular to give holiday to labourers to vote for elections of urban bodies of Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Damoh, Hoshangabad, Vidisha, Rajgarh and Datia and for recall of Presidents of Harda Nagar Palika and Chhanera Nagar Parishad in Khandwa district on January 31. Directive has been given to declare public holiday for labourers on the polling day.
The workers of the factories situated in concerning electoral area will be given weekly off to enable them to exercise their franchise in urban body elections. For this, they will be given weekly off on the polling day. The factories, which work throughout week, have been instructed for two-hour layoff to labourers in the first and second shifts for casting their ballots. The factories with continuous process should allow their workers to cast vote one by one without harming the wages.
Directives have been given to concerning urban area shops and commercial establishments to give weekly holiday to their workers on the day of voting. Facility to vote one-by-one will be given to labourers of other shops and establishments, which do not give weekly off.