For beating the heat and the power blues, the Punjab Government on Tuesday launched its early-come-early-go plan by changing the office timings from 7:30 am to 2 pm instead of the usual 9 am to 5 pm for the next two-and-a-half months — a move expected to save 350 megawatt (MW) daily.
Even as the new timings are sans any lunch break, the employees will still work an hour less than the usual eight-hour timetable.
The “unprecedented” decision, described as the “dawn of a new era” by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, is estimated to save approximately Rs 40-45 crores in the next two and half months.
