Karnataka govt asks IT firms to extend Work From Home for employees till December 2022
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has issued an advisory calling upon the IT firms to extend the ongoing Work From Home (WFH) period till December next year i.e. 2022. The move by the state government is reportedly to control the traffic mess in the state’s capital Bengaluru.
The Metro construction work is set to start on the Outer Ring Road in Bengaluru and the state government has asked the IT Parks located in the stretch to extend the Work From Home period till the end of next year.
The ORR hosts more than 800 companies with a workforce of 1.5 lakh IT professionals and is infamous for its perennial traffic congestion.
The advisory was issued by the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Electronics, IT, BT & Science and Technology, E V Ramana Reddy, to the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) on August 21.
“The Directorate of Urban Land Transport and the Urban Development Department proposed the move to us to prevent traffic congestion. Hence, the advisory has been issued. It is not mandatory, but we have advised them to extend the WFH,” The New Indian Express quoted Reddy as saying.
“The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) is starting construction works on the ORR from Central Silk Board to KR Puram and it could take about 1.5 to 2 years. The ORR houses many large tech parks and IT campuses and carries a large amount of traffic throughout the day,” the letter said. It will be extremely difficult to manage traffic movement on ORR if IT companies resume work from the office, it added.
The advisory urged IT companies to extend the WFH option till December 2022 and/or IT companies to stagger the work hours for those employees working physically at the office. “The IT workforce who need to physically attend office are encouraged to take buses (BMTC/company) as they travel on bus lanes,” it added.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
