Govt, private offices in Bengal see stellar attendance despite bandh

MP | 26 Sep 2018 | Kolkata: : Govt, private offices in Bengal see stellar attendance despite bandh Govt, private offices in Bengal see stellar attendance despite bandh Team 

With overwhelming attendance in all state government and private offices, there was no impact of BJP's bandh on normal life in Bengal. There was more than 95 percent attendance in all offices of the state government and the situation was similar in the state's IT sector as well. 

With adequate number of buses plying on Wednesday and proper security arrangement in place to avoid any untoward incident, office-goers faced no inconvenience in reaching their destinations. 

Similarly, the employees of the IT and ITeS sectors in the state also came to their offices without facing any trouble. 

The turnout of the IT sector was also more than 95 percent. Kalyan Kar, vice-president of Sector V Stakeholders' Association, said: "There was no effect of bandh in the state's IT sector as everything functioned normally like all other days." 

According to a section of office-goers, the situation on Wednesday morning was comparatively better than other days as they felt that there were more buses on road than usual and they didn't have to wait at all to get a bus to reach their offices. Read 

In Nabanna, there was a turnout of around 95 percent employees, while the attendance at Writers' Buildings, Bikash Bhavan, New Secretariat Building and Purta Bhavan stood between 95 to 98 percent. It was almost 100 percent in Khadya Bhavan. 

There were some employees who even stayed back in their offices on Tuesday and returned home after office on Wednesday. 

There were 30 such employees at Nabanna. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has congratulated all employees of the state government for such an overwhelming response. She also congratulated employees of the private sector for the same, which has helped in keeping up the work culture of the state. It may be mentioned that there was tight security at the state government offices. There was security checking at all the entry points of the state secretariat. 

A lane of the road leading to the north gate of Nabanna was cordoned off and employees were allowed to enter the premises only after proper checking of their identity cards. 

An unmanned aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, was used to maintain vigil in and around the state secretariat.