The civic administration issued a circular on April 20 and has made the
identity cards mandatory for class I to class IV level officials and
employees. Along with the NMC headquarters at Rajiv Gandhi
Bhavan, the rule will be enforced in the other six NMC divisional
offices also. The officials and employees, who have to report on-duty at
10 am, will have to be punctual and start the day’s work on time.

The civic body has around 3,500 employees across all its offices. The
decision came following several complaints about most of the employees
that they are never found in their offices during duty hours. Instead,
they prefer going for some outdoor chores without even recording it on
the daily register. The civic body has also asked the officials and
employees to take the register seriously and enter their outgoing or
incoming time accordingly.

A senior NMC official said, “All
department heads, divisional heads and divisional officers and municipal
employees will have to obey the rules. The security guards have also
been instructed to allow in only those officials and employees who
produce their identity cards at the entrance.”

Moreover, the
department heads and the divisional officers have also been asked to
ensure that they have a proper nameplate on their working tables. Also,
the departments should maintain a wall board where names and
designations, along with their nature of work, should be mentioned and
the board should be placed at a spot from where it is visible to all.