Bengaluru: Chief Secretary P Ravikumar has requested property owners to refrain from taking action against tenants during the lockdown period.
In a letter on behalf of the state government, Ravikumar stated that the government has noticed that owners of houses, hostels, paying guest accommodations, and shopping complexes are forcing tenants to vacate during this time of pandemic and also that several employers were firing employees. “We request employers not to suspend employees and cut their wages during the curfew period,” Ravikumar stated in the letter.
He also issued an order directing all heads of departments to ensure that newly constructed government buildings are put to use immediately without awaiting formal inauguration. This apart, he ordered that newly sanctioned government projects/programmes should commence work immediately without a formal groundbreaking ceremony.
