Fined for not wearing mask at farewell party: XEN, EO among municipal officials

Sorting out a goodbye party for Executive Engineer (XEN) of Municipal Council Narnaul, Hemant Kumar, cost 10 authorities of the chamber Rs 500 each after Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) slapped a punishment on them for not wearing the veils and not keeping up social removing at the gathering.

Those fined incorporate XEN Hemant Kumar, Executive Officer (EO) Vijay Pal, Municipal Engineer (ME) Sohan Singh, Secretary Anil Kumar, Junior Engineers (JEs)- Vikas Garg, Rahul and Vikash Sharma, Accountants-Umesh Kumar and Parveen Kumar and Chief Sanitary investigator Vijay Kaushik.

The activity went ahead Wednesday evening after photos of the gathering turned into a web sensation via web-based networking media. Appointee Commissioner (DC), RK Singh, who was in Chandigarh around then, saw the photos and requested that the ADC punish the authorities not wearing veils at the gathering.

XEN Hemant Kumar has been moved to Gurugram from Municipal Council, Narnaul. The gathering staff members sorted out a gathering on Thursday to give him a goodbye yet a significant number of them neither wore veils nor kept up social separating during the gathering. The XEN was additionally not wearing the cover.

“We as a whole have kept the punishment of Rs 500 that forced upon us for infringement of the rules gave under Rule 12.9 of Epidemic Act, 1897, for the anticipation of COVID-19,” said Anil Kumar, Secretary, Municipal Council, Narnaul.

DC RK Singh said it was the duty of the area authorities to successfully implement the rules/standards implied for forestalling the spread of COVID pandemic.