அனைவரும் வீட்டிலேயே இருங்கள்: முதல்வர் வேண்டுகோள்!

Updated : ஏப் 02, 2020 00:26 | Added : ஏப் 01, 2020 23:28

'கொரோனா நோயை கட்டுப்படுத்த, அனைவரும் வீட்டிலேயே இருங்கள்' என, முதல்வர், இ.பி.எஸ்., வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்துள்ளார்.

அவர் வெளியிட்டுள்ள, 'ஆடியோ'வில், அவர் கூறியிருப்பதாவது: உங்கள் முதல்வர் பழனிசாமி பேசுகிறேன்... உலகெங்கும் தீவிரமாக பரவி வரும், கொரோனா வைரசை கட்டுப்படுத்த, ஜெ., அரசு, அனைத்து நடவடிக்கைகளையும் போர்க்கால அடிப்படையில் எடுத்து வருகிறது.

உங்கள் ஒவ்வொருவரின் நலனும், எங்களுக்கு முக்கியம். உங்கள் நலன் கருதி, அரசு எடுக்கும் அனைத்து நடவடிக்கைகளுக்கும், முழு ஒத்துழைப்பு நல்க, அன்புடன் கேட்டுக் கொள்கிறேன். இந்நோயை கட்டுப்படுத்த, விழித்திருங்கள்; விலகி இருங்கள்; வீட்டிலேயே இருங்கள். இவ்வாறு, அவர் கூறியுள்ளார்.

ஊரடங்கு பிசுபிசுப்பால் சுகாதார துறை கலக்கம்

Updated : ஏப் 02, 2020 00:34 | Added : ஏப் 01, 2020 22:54




சென்னை : ஊரடங்கு அமலாகி, ஒரு வாரம் மட்டுமே கடந்த நிலையில், பிசுபிசுக்கும் நிலைக்கு வந்துள்ளது. சாலைகளில் மக்கள் நடமாட்டம், வாகன எண்ணிக்கை அதிகரித்துள்ளதால், சுகாதார துறையினர் கவலை அடைந்து உள்ளனர்.

கொரோனா வைரஸ் பரவலை தடுக்கும் வகையில், நாடு முழுவதும், 21 நாட்கள் ஊரடங்கு அமலில் உள்ளது. ஊரடங்கு அறிவித்த, மார்ச், 24 முதல், அனைத்து மாநிலங்களிலும், அத்தியாவசிய பணிகள் தவிர, மற்ற பணிகளுக்கு தடை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. அனைவரும் வெளியே வராமல், வீட்டில் இருக்க அறிவுறுத்தப்பட்டு உள்ளனர்.

முதல் நாளில், பெரும்பாலானவர்கள் வீட்டில் இருக்காமல், வெளியே சுற்றினர். போலீசாரின் கெடுபிடி அதிகரித்ததும், வீட்டில் முடங்கினர். இந்நிலையில், அவசர தேவைகளுக்கு வெளியூர் செல்வோர், அத்தியாவசிய பணிகளுக்கு செல்வோர் மட்டும், அனுமதி சீட்டு பெறலாம் என, அரசு அறிவித்தது.

இதை தொடர்ந்து, சாலைகளில் வாகன போக்குவரத்து அதிகரித்துள்ளது. கடை வீதிகளில், மக்கள் நடமாட்டம் நாளுக்கு நாள் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. இது தவிர, அரசின் நிவாரண உதவி பெறுவதற்கு, 'டோக்கன்' வழங்கப்படும் என, அரசு அறிவித்தது. இந்த டோக்கனை பெறவும், கூட்டம் கூடத் துவங்கியது.

சமூக இடைவெளி இல்லாமல், பொது மக்கள் நெரிசலில் நிற்கும் நிலை உள்ளது. இதன் காரணமாக, ஊரடங்கு பிசுபிசுத்து விடும் நிலை ஏற்பட்டு உள்ளது. மேலும், மக்கள் நடமாட்டம் அதிகரித்தால், கொரோனா தொற்று அதிகரிக்கும் அபாயம் உள்ளதாக, சுகாதாரத் துறையினர் அச்சம் அடைந்துஉள்ளனர்.

இதே நிலை நீடித்தால், உணவகங்கள் மற்றும் மருந்தகங்கள் தவிர, மற்ற அனைத்து கடைகளையும் அடைத்து, ஊரடங்கை முழுமையாக அமல்படுத்துவதற்கான நடவடிக்கை மேற்கொள்ள, பேரிடர் மேலாண்மைத் துறை ஆலோசித்து வருவதாக தெரிகிறது.

Will pay some employees in two parts: SpiceJet after announcing salary cuts

According to a senior official in SpiceJet, there were some employees who had got just a few thousand rupees in their bank accounts from the company as salary till now.

Published: 01st April 2020 12:26 AM 

For representational purposes. (File Photo | PTI)

By PTI

NEW DELHI: SpiceJet said on Tuesday some staff, who are entitled to a flying or performance allowance, would be getting their salaries in two parts, hours after announcing a pay cut in March due to drastic fall in revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a senior official in SpiceJet, there were some employees who had got just a few thousand rupees in their bank accounts from the company as salary till now.

"A decision had been taken to credit the salaries of some employees, those who are entitled to a flying or performance allowance, in two parts," a SpiceJet spokesperson stated.

"The first part of the salaries was credited today and the second part will be credited on April 2, 2020."

Earlier in the day, SpiceJet said it had implemented a pay cut of up to 30 per cent for employees for March.

The airline's chairman and managing director, Ajay Singh, is taking the highest pay cut of 30 per cent.

The low-cost carrier said it was going to treat its employees as on "leave without pay" from March 25 to March 31 as the country is under a lockdown to combat the deadly COVID-19 (coronavirus disease).

"We have also ensured that our colleagues in the lowest pay grades remain unaffected by this decision. So, they won't be facing any pay cuts at all," the SpiceJet spokesperson said.

India has imposed a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

Domestic and international commercial passenger flights have been suspended for this period.

Many other countries have taken similar measures.

In India, cargo flights, offshore helicopter operations, medical evacuation flights and flights that have gotten special approval from aviation regulator DGCA are permitted to operate during the flight ban.

In India, cargo flights, offshore helicopter operations, medical evacuation flights and flights, which have got special approval from aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation, are permitted to operate during the flight ban.

To save us they have to risk their families' safety

When the dust settles, we should not forget sacrifices of the personnel in khaki

Published: 01st April 2020 06:11 AM 

PIC: R SATISH BABU

By JAYANTHI PAWA R

Express News Service

CHENNAI: PRIYA* (9) wonders why everybody stays at home to stay safe from COVID-19 while her mom has to turn up for work. Not just that, she’s no more allowed to hug her mother when she gets back from work, until she has had a bath. Priya’s mother is a policewoman. With COVID- 19 spreading rapidly, there’s fear among family members of police personnel about their safety. While rest of the city is working from home, policemen are working overtime on the field -- running to markets to clear crowds, checking vehicles on roads, spreading awareness in public places -- to contain the spread of the virus.

While they have been preaching social distancing to everyone else, their job doesn’t allow them to practice it for themselves. “We need to go into crowds to clear it out. We have to interact with community members. So distancing is impossible,” says the 32-year-old constable mother of Priya. “For instance, I went to market yesterday. A destitute woman had fainted there, and I had to help her out. I couldn’t go searching for gloves or masks at that moment.

” The policewoman says she depends on a regimen of sanitising her hands and not touching her face unnecessarily after such episodes. However, it’s easier said than done. Her husband Raja* says he is concerned about his wife’s safety. “She calls us half hour before getting home, and I ensure the kids do not go near her as soon as she enters the house,” says Raja. “Everything she brings on her way back from office, including her phone and bag are sanitised before being brought inside the home. Our elder daughter is 15, and understands the process but Priya gets confused.” Ambika, sister of a police inspector in the city echoes the same feelings.

“We are proud of the service she does, but it’s also worrisome.” “The little we can do for her is wake up early and lunch for her. With all hotels and restaurants closed, lunch is a struggle. She does not find the time to come home for lunch,” says Ambika. Sekar*, brother of a police constable at the commissioner’s office gets worried every time he sees the news. “My sister’s work is to issue travel passes to public. I see on TV how many people are crowding to avail passes and that scares me. None of them follow social distancing. A few of them do not even wear masks. I am worried for all police personnel on duty there,” says Sekar. Traffic policemen, who have masks and gloves, are struggling to use them standing under the scorching sun.

Overtime and all over the city

While rest of the city is working from home, policemen are working overtime on the field -- running to markets to clear crowds, checking vehicles on roads, spreading awareness in public places -- to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

AP also defers salaries of CM and government staff to revive the state revenue

PTI

Published  Apr 1, 2020, 8:40 am IST

Chief secretary Nilam Sawhney issued the order around Tuesday midnight

Andhra Pradesh chief secretary Nilam Sawhney.

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government late on Tuesday night announced deferment of payment of full salaries to the chief minister, officers and employees, saying its revenue streams have "totally dried up" in view of the ongoing lockdown to combat coronavirus.

The deferments will range from 10 to 100 per cent for different categories of employees, it said.

In an order issued around midnight, chief secretary Nilam Sawhney said the deferment will continue to be in force till further orders.

"While the revenue streams have totally dried up due to the lockdown, the demand on state resources has increased tremendously for contact tracing, quarantining, providing personal protection equipment, drugs, health facilities, etc. and for providing financial assistance to the poor people, most affected by the lockdown," he said.

"There shall be 100 per cent deferment in respect of chief minister, other ministers, MLCs, MLAs chairpersons and members (political appointees) of all government-owned corporations, elected representatives of all local bodies and people holding equivalent posts," the order stated.

All India Services officers (IAS, IPS and IFS) will see a 60 per cent deferment in their salaries, while all other employees will get only 50 per cent of their pay, it said.

Class-IV employees, outsourced and contractual staff and the newly employed village and ward secretariat staff will be paid 90 per cent of their salaries, with only a 10 per cent deferment, it added.

According to the order, the deferments will be applicable to pensions and honorariums as well.

Besides, serving and retired employees of all PSUs, government-aided institutions, universities and autonomous bodies would get only proportionate deferred payments, it stated.

3 rescue flights to take back stranded Malaysians

01/04/2020, TIRUCHI

Malindo Air has proposed to operate rescue flights on three different dates to take back the remaining Malaysian nationals stranded at Tiruchi following the suspension of international flights in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The airline has proposed to operate the first rescue flight (OD 223/224) late in the night on April 1. The second rescue flight (OD 221/222) would be operated on April 2 morning and the next rescue flight (OD 221/222) on April 4 morning.

Not allowed to collect fees, some schools mull salary cuts

Budget schools facing a tough time in making ends meet

01/04/2020, STAFF REPORTER,BENGALURU

As big corporations are announcing salary cuts, people employed by private schools are worried about job security, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown. What’s cause for concern is that school managements have been told not to collect fee for the next academic year, a fact they cite as reason for not having enough money to meet their recurring expenditure. Some school managements are contemplating paying only half of the next month’s salary to their staff.

D. Shashi Kumar, general secretary of the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka, said the government is yet to pay the RTE reimbursement to schools amounting to lakhs of rupees.

“On the other hand, they’re empowering parents not to pay fee. All we are saying is let parents at least pay last year’s fee. Many had requested for time, which was granted. They would usually pay up the remaining amount before the exams. But now that the academic calendar has been thrown out of gear, we haven’t even got the pending amount. How are we supposed to pay staff?”

He also said budget schools, which make up the majority in the private school sector, are suffering. “We will not be able to maintain this in the long run. Of 1,700 students in our school, for example, 400 are yet to pay. We may have to pay only half the salaries for staff next month. And we may also have to see more staff being let go,” he said.

Managements of a few schools in the city are being criticised for terminating the contracts of some of staff like bus drivers.

One of them spoke to The Hindu on condition of anonymity.

“I have been working here as a bus driver for three years. After completing two years, they said they’ll make my service permanent. Now all of a sudden, the principal has called me and said they no longer require my services,” he said, visibly distressed.