It’s bicycle Wednesdays for Chandigarh MC employees

From March 7, on Wednesdays, most of the civic body’s 3,000 employees, including senior officers, will be bicycling to work, Chandigarh MC commissioner Jitender Yadav has ruled.

The municipal corporation wants to keep its employees healthy and also ensure traffic flows smoothly in the city. That’s why, from March 7, on Wednesdays, most of the civic body’s 3,000 employees, including senior officers, will be bicycling to work, MC commissioner Jitender Yadav has ruled. Those living on the outskirts Panchkula and Mohali, however, can take public transport

Employees will have to come in on Wednesdays at 9 am, sharp, and leave office at 5 pm, sharp. (Shutterstock)

The decision was conveyed by Yadav at a meeting to all heads of departments of MC branches, including engineering, sanitation, enforcement and others at the conference hall of the MC office. Only those with a genuine excuse will be spared on medical grounds.

Employees will have to come in on Wednesdays at 9 am, sharp, and leave office at 5 pm, sharp.

Welcoming the move, the president of the MC Employees’ Union, Ajit Singh, said “it will keep the employees physically fit. I request everyone to comply with the orders,” he said.