Staff accommodation a big problem for Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR, NOV 6: The Estate Department of the newly-carved out Chhattisgarh state is facing a rough time in trying to accommodate the massiv...

RAIPUR, NOV 6: The Estate Department of the newly-carved out Chhattisgarh state is facing a rough time in trying to accommodate the massive influx of staff from Bhopal.

On Saturday, secretariat employees stalled work and came out to protest against the various inadequacies. On Sunday, a delegation of the Chhattisgarh Class III Government Employees Association met Chief Secratary Arun Kumar and handed him a memorandum demanding to sort out the problems of employees coming from Bhopal. However, the General Administration department of the state government constituted a committee to sort out the employees’ problems.

The in-charge of the Estate Directorates Control Room at Kanshiram Nagar Transit Hostel said that they were earlier informed about the arrival of about 1,800 employes from Bhopal, but already, over 2,200 employes have already arrived and more are expected to come in days to come. This has upset all their calculations, the official said.

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He further said that 1,564 employes have been accommodated in 565 flats at Kanshiram Nagar while 150 have been sent to Hirapur where three person have been accommodated in one flat of this Transit Hostel. Construction workfor another 85 flats still under progress and department is trying to take over 306 flats of Municipal Carporation.

After alloting flats of Kanshiram Nagar Transit Hostel, the Estate Department has housed many employees in RDA Flats in Hirapur, but the shortage continues as they were crammed into the community hall of the Transit Hostel without adequate facilities. Some employees who have not been alloted flats in the Transit Hostel are presently housed in a dharamshala on Station Road. The Chief Secratary has directed concerned officers to daily visit Transit Hostel to sort out problems.

Meanwhile, the coordination committee which is being constituted to provide basic facilities, commenced work on Sunday. It approved kerosene distribution according to demand. Along with the supply of kerosene, a second canteen in the Hostel began functioning on Sunday.