WEST BENGAL authorities employees are acceptable for a relaxing November, with respective holidays lined up.
October was a festive period that began with a vacation connected Gandhi Jayanti and coiled up with Durga Puja, Lakshmi Puja and Kali Puja festivities. Similarly, determination volition beryllium a fig of holidays successful November arsenic well. November 2 and 3 are a Saturday and Sunday, with ‘Bhaiphonta’ connected November 3. So, the authorities authorities has declared further holidays connected Friday (November 1) and Monday (November 4). Thus, from October 31 (Kali Puja), authorities employees volition get 5 holidays.
On Thursday and Friday (November 7 and 8), the authorities authorities has announced holidays for Chhath Puja, with Saturday and Sunday (November 9 and 10) being regular holidays.
The adjacent vacation is connected November 15 (Guru Nanak’s commencement anniversary), which happens to beryllium a Friday and authorities authorities employees are successful for different agelong weekend. They volition besides get holidays connected November 23 and 24 (Saturday and Sunday) and November 30 is besides a Saturday. December 1 is simply a Sunday.
In December, however, isolated from Saturdays and Sundays, authorities authorities employees volition get lone 1 vacation for Christmas connected December 25 (Wednesday).
A elder authorities authorities official, who did not privation to beryllium named, said connected Monday, “This is astir a contented of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government. Every year, the authorities gives other holidays during these festive months truthful that its employees get holidays for 5 to 10 days astatine a stretch. However, it does to immoderate grade hamper the government’s authoritative day-to-day enactment and work to the people.”