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Innovation, R&D and Technological print based attendance machine, and in place of that,
breakthrough the employees have been advised to record their

FSNL has set-up a Sanitization Corridor, prepared attendance (IN and OUT) in the Attendance register
in-house with the available resources, which is near kept for this purpose. This will definitely help in
the main entrance of FSNL Bhawan, so that each containing spreading of COVID-19.
employee could easily enter into the office after
getting sanitized. This in house sanitizer corridor is Further, the process for installation of Face Reading
cost effective and built with an initial investment of Biometric System in all the Units of FSNL, including
Rs. 3000/- only. By this way, each & every employee Corporate Office through GeM portal has been
gets sanitized by passing through the sanitizing initiated. This step will help significantly in social
corridor before entering into the office, due to which distancing and avoiding spread of COVID-19.
a hygienic condition prevails inside the office.
In accordance with the guidelines issued by the
Preventive Measures (for the Organization Ministry, Thermal Scanners are kept at the entrance
and Employees)
gate at Corporate Office, as well as all the units
All the preventive measures issued by the Ministry/ of FSNL, to record the body temperature of the
DOPT & various Government departments, have individual employees. The temperature is recorded
been widely circulated among the employees in the register, wherein the employee marks his/
through Office Orders/ Circulars, and the Units her attendance, so that immediate medical attention
have been advised to ensure strict compliance could be arranged for an employee in case of any
thereof, including the “Do’s & Don’ts” received adverse situation.
from the Ministry with the guidelines.
Sanitizers/ hand wash are being kept at prominent
During the period of lockdown, units have been places in the offices and at the working sites for
advised to run the operational activities with the employees to wash their hands frequently. The
Skeletal workforce, and similarly, for Non-works Masks are distributed to each & every employee. It
category, the units have been advised to prepare is also ensured that these are invariably used by the
rosters in such a way that 50% staff attends the office employees.
on alternate dates.
While on work, employees are advised to maintain
Employees working from home have been instructed social distancing. The employees have also been
to be available on telephone and electronic means of advised that to practice this at their houses and also
communication at all times, and should be available educate their family members to maintain social
in the headquarters to attend office, if called, for any distancing.
exigencies of work.
Since the door/window handles are said to be the
The Staff & Officers at Corporate Office, Bhilai, causes of spreading the virus due to frequent use by
have been advised to Work from Home, and should different people, all the handles of doors/windows
attend office, on exigencies, as & when required. of the offices are frequently cleaned with sanitizers
in regular interval, to avoid any possibility of
Keeping in view the threat of spreading of the virus, spreading of the deadly virus.
and in accordance with the instructions received
from the Ministry, FSNL has temporarily suspended As a temporary precautionary measure towards
recording of attendance through Biometric Finger- preventing spread of Corona virus, instructions have

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