Indore: Industries grapple with restrictions

INDORE: Industries have raised serious concerns over restricted movement of employees in factories at Pithampur and Dewas from Indore and nearby areas amid the lockdown.
Industries said the absence of supervisory and mid-management staff in factories is hurting operations that is already affected due to the break of the supply chain. They claimed that most mid-management employees reside in Indore and Dewas and restrictions on commute due to the lockdown is hitting day to day operations.
A Pithampur pharmaceutical company human resource deputy manager Rajeev Mujumdar said, “Many new industries have been permitted to operate in past few days but operations on site has become an issue because employees are not able to reach the plant as they get obstructed by police.Industries are making accommodation arrangements for workers inside the campus but still a few have to travel daily to report to work.”
Industry department and district administration issued permission to many industries to operate in the last few days and still continue to do so to give a thrust to industrial activity in the region that has taken a sharp hit.
A Pithampur packaging firm corporate affairs head Dinesh Mishra said, “Staff movement is not smooth because they get interrupted on their way to plant. This hampers work and efficiency of plants that is already working on limited capacity.”
District administrations are gradually allowing various industries to function on a priority basis and maintain safety measures and social distancing at the workplace as a measure to combat the spread of coronavirus
Industries claimed that staff need to travel from Indore and Dewas to Pithampur and they face problems in reporting to work.