No vaccine, no wage: Chhattisgarh tribal dept officer warns staff
A tribal welfare division officer in a Chhattisgarh district has issued an order asking its staff members to get vaccinated towards COVID-19, failing which their salaries for the subsequent month might be withheld.
A duplicate of the order, issued by the assistant commissioner Ok S Masram in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district on May 21, went viral on social media the place some individuals expressed displeasure over the ‘diktat’.
The order requested officers and workers working within the tribal welfare department-run places of work, ashrams (residential colleges) and hostels within the district to get inoculated and submit their vaccination playing cards at its workplace. If they don’t take the vaccine, their salaries for the subsequent month might be withheld, stated the order which got here into drive with impact from the date of being issued.
Earlier, Masram additionally issued an order on May 20 for the COVID-19 vaccination of households of all officers and workers working within the division. When contacted, Masram informed.
