 "Om Birla chairs meet on arrangements for Monsoon Session, social distancing")
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday chaired a meeting of officials from both Houses of Parliament, the health ministry, the DRDO and other agencies to finalise arrangements for the upcoming Monsoon Session in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament is likely to start from September 14 and conclude on October 1.
Birla had also held a meeting with the secretary generals of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
He had said that his priority was to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament during the session. Guidelines pertaining to social distancing will be adhered to during the session, Birla had said.
In a series of posts from the Lok Sabha speaker's Twitter handle, Birla had informed that he had chaired a meeting on Thursday to review the preparations for the upcoming Monsoon Session and had directed all agencies concerned to work diligently for sanitisation and other arrangements.
He had also shared a video of the meeting with officials from the secretariats of both Houses -- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
"Necessary protocols are being prepared for members and their staff. Guidelines are also being formulated for Parliament officials. All guidelines pertaining to social distancing will be adhered to during session," the speaker had said in one of the tweets.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat, the nodal agency for the Parliament complex, has been making necessary preparations and modifications in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha chambers to ensure social distancing.
Sources said Birla also told officials to make adequate arrangements for seating of parliamentarians while maintaining social distancing.
Lok Sabha Secretary General Snehlata Srivastava and Rajya Sabha Secretary General Desh Deepak Verma briefed Birla about the ongoing preparations.
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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