Government permits Cement plants to run in three shifts

The government has permitted over 15 types of industries to start their work with minimum manpower and distancing norms on a single shift basis. These include those involved in manufacturing of heavy electrical items like transformers and circuit vehicles, telecom equipment and components including optic fiber cable, compressor and condenser units, steel and ferrous alloy mills, spinning and ginning mills, power looms, and defence and defence ancillary units. Cement plants, however, can run in three shifts as cement production is a continuous process. Pulp and paper units can resume their production in clusters where Covid-19 cases are low based on the data by the state authorities, said a Home Ministry direction issued to all state and Union Territory Chief Secretaries.