Nagaland: Depts to resume offices with limited staff

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• 15 Depts dealing with essential services to identify bare minimum staff

• All other depts to nominate nodal officers and two staff

• Names of officers and staff to be submitted to Home Dept and DCs

•  Only govt vehicles to be used for transportation of officials & staff

Kohima, APRIL 13 (MExN): The Nagaland Government today directed the departments dealing with essential services and the corresponding directorates to identify the bare minimum staff and officers required for ensuring that the departments/directorates continue to function and provide essential services.

These departments include: Home, Medical, Finance, Planning, Power, IT&C, Agriculture & Allied Departments, Veterinary & AH, PHED, Social Welfare, Fire & Emergency Services, Home Guards & Civil Defence, NIC, DIPR, and Food & Civil Supplies.

The departments dealing with essential services have been asked to submit the names of officers and staff along with government registered vehicle numbers to the Home Department which will co-ordinate with DC/SP Kohima for issue of passes. The details should be emailed to seoc.nsdma@gmail.com or sent through Whatsapp to 7005403886.

This was decided during a meeting of Additional/Head of Departments (AHoDs and HoDs) in Kohima on April13.

All other departments not in the list of essential services have meanwhile been directed to nominate nodal officers and two more staff to coordinate and ensure functioning of their offices so that all essential and urgent matters are looked after in time.

It is expected that all the AHoDs/HoDs will be available on telephone and electronic means of communication at all times. Such departments and directorates have been directed to give the details of the officers and staff and the vehicles to the Home Department at the email address and Whatsapp number mentioned earlier.

It was also informed that numbers of only government registered vehicles should be given and the concerned AHoD/HoD should make arrangements for transportation of their officers and staff in the designated vehicles of their departments/directorates

Meanwhile, all the AHoDs/HoDs have been asked to give necessary instructions on similar lines for the functioning of their respective offices in the districts and subdivisions, where the necessary coordination will be done by the concerned Deputy Commissioner.