Angul district Collector SK Mohanty on Sunday in an urgent letter to all the management of the industries restricted the movement of the employees.
The Collector told that any deviation of the instructions may lead to declaration of the plant area as containment zone.
Apart from death of one DGM in Covid-19, around 30 employees, including two doctors, tested positive from various industries of Angul district.
Writing letters to ED- Nalco, CGM - NTPC- TSTPS, GM - NTPC- TTPS, GM - Jagannath area- MCL, GM- TFL-Talcher, COO - JSPL, ED - JITPL and COO- TATA- BSL, the Collector instructed that the employees and their family members staying within the plant area are not allowed to come outside except emergency cases in month of July.
Minimum employees should go from outside in separate gate and with thermal scanning. He also instructed the management to accommodate the employees dealing with essential operation of the plant, within the plant area to avoid disruption of operation of the plant.
Congress leader Jayant Sahu demanded screening in all the industrial clusters and urged the Government to declare the concerned industrial area containment zone for the safety of the peripheral villagers.