The State Government would adopt a ‘work from home’ protocol for its employees during the lockdown in Ganjam, Khordha, Cuttack and Jajpur districts and the Rourkela Municipal Corporation area till July 31, an official notification of the General Administration Department said on Friday.
“During the period of lockdown, State Government Departments will ordinarily adopt ‘work from home’ protocol for their employees using the VPN facility to dispose official matters in OSWAS. The Issue and Receipt section of each department will function on a roster basis to ensure that dak received is scanned and uploaded on OSWAS and letters issued,” the notification said.
The Health and Family Welfare Department may function with the full complement of staffs or as decided by the ACS, H & FW Dept. Departmental control rooms shall also function as usual. The State IT Centre would render 24×7 support to ensure uninterrupted functioning of OSWAS and other IT and telecom services.
All employees would remain present at headquarters to attend office at short notice and would also be available over telephone at all times. To dispose urgent/essential matters, the Secretaries of the administrative departments may require selected staffs to attend office personally. During the lockdown, physical meetings shall be avoided and virtual meetings would be the default option, the notification said.
The administrative departments would decide the scale of operations in subordinate and field offices at the locations, it added.
The Disaster Management establishments, district and municipal administrations, police, Fire Services, medical facilities. utilities and essential services have been exempted from the purview of the lockdown.