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The state makes Covid vaccination compulsory for roadways staff

The state has made vaccination compulsory for roadways staff

Noida: The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC), has taken the Covid-19 cases seriously among its employees and has decided not to assign duties to its staff without a vaccination certificate.

It was reported by the officials from the state road utility that the corporation has around 650 employees in the Gautam Budh Nagar district. An exclusive booth has been made in the Noida depot to vaccinate the employees of Noida and Greater Noida depots.

Following the guidelines of the headquarters, Ashok Kumar, the regional manager of UPSRTC (Noida region), said that the roster of employees in Gautam Budh Nagar district is being prepared to ensure all of them are vaccinated. “In a recent online meeting with the top officials of UPSRTC in Lucknow, directions have been issued that employees have to produce their vaccination certificate before joining their duties. All the employees of both the depots have been asked to immediately register themselves on the Co-WIN app and get themselves inoculated at the vaccination booths.”

“Earlier, the government had ordered for the vaccination of the 45-plus age group, as part of which 100 of the 120 employees have taken the shots. Now, we have been asked to ensure vaccination of the employees falling under the 18-45 age bracket. We are making slots for around 530 employees of this age group,” he said.

Sharing similar views, N K Verma, manager of Ghaziabad region, UPSRTC, said the vaccination of all the roadways staff in 11 depots of this region is going on in full swing. “Out of nearly 2,200 employees in these depots, 510 are in the 45-plus category. Over 380 of them have been inoculated so far while the remaining 130 employees will be administered the shot by next week.”

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