Salaries of key departments stalled in Chittoor under DM Act
The Hindu
CHITTOOR: Collector M. Hari Narayanan on Tuesday night issued orders, halting the payment of salaries to the employees of the revenue, Panchayat Raj, medical and health, secretariats and municipal adm
CHITTOOR: Collector M. Hari Narayanan on Tuesday night issued orders, halting the payment of salaries to the employees of the revenue, Panchayat Raj, medical and health, secretariats and municipal administration, involved in the 6th phase fever survey duties in the mandals of Peddamanydam, Tavanampalle, Srikalahasti, Satyavedu and Madanapalle. The order was issued under the Disaster Management Act. The collector said that the Act would be promulgated against any staff of the government department found to be neglecting the covid duties. The five mandals have been reporting a heavy number of Covid positive cases in the second wave.With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.