In Chhattisgarh district, an officer of Tribal Welfare Department has issued an order asking his workers members to get COVID-19 vaccine, failing which their subsequent month’s wage can be withheld.
On 21 May, a duplicate of the order issued by Assistant Commissioner KS Masram in Gorella-Pendra-Marwahi district went viral on social media, the place some folks expressed displeasure over the ‘dictate’.
The order requested officers and workers working within the workplaces, ashrams (residential colleges) and hostels run by the tribal welfare division of the district to get vaccinated and submit the vaccination card to their workplace.
If they don’t take the vaccine, their wage can be withheld for the subsequent month, the order which got here into pressure from the date of difficulty.
Earlier, on May 20, Masram additionally issued Kovid-19 vaccination orders for the households of all officers and workers working within the division.
When contacted, Masram advised PTI-language on Wednesday night time that the motive behind this order is to make sure 100% vaccination of division officers and workers within the struggle towards Kovid-19.
He claimed that 95 % of the division’s workers members took vaccine pictures after the order was issued.
The officer, nevertheless, additionally mentioned that the division wouldn’t withhold the wage of its workers for the subsequent month.
“My intention was to get all my officers and employees vaccinated, nothing else,” he mentioned.
All residents 18 years of age and older are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning May 1.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
