Mumbai: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation on Wednesday said that the employees who have not taken one or both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will not be paid salaries. “Nagpur Municipal Corporation has decided not to pay salaries to employees who did not take one or both doses of Covid-19 vaccines,” said Dr Bhavna Sonkusare, the medical zonal officer of Nagpur’s civic corporation.
To recall, the Thane Municipal Corporation had also issued a similar order and told its employees that those who have not taken even a single dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will not be paid salaries. The municipality had made it compulsory for all the employees to submit vaccination certificates at their respective offices.
Earlier, in a bid to ramp up anti-COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, authorities have also ordered impounding of autorickshaws if their drivers are found to have not taken even a single jab. Simultaneously, tour and travel operators cannot sell tickets to passengers who are not inoculated, as per the orders issued late Monday night by district collector Sunil Chavan. These orders will come into effect from November 25.
Aurangabad district in the Marathwada region is one of the laggard districts in terms of vaccination coverage. The district collector had virtually attended a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month of districts with low vaccination coverage.
As per official data, out of the 32,24,677 targeted population in the Aurangabad district, 64.36% of people have received the first dose and 27.78% the second dose till November 22.
“If it is found that drivers of autorickshaws have not taken even the first dose of vaccine, the authorities concerned will impound the autorickshaw and impose a fine,” an official release said.