The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to send final notices to employees who are still absent from their duties, despite the availability of train services. As per a circular issued on Tuesday, employees will be dismissed if they didn't join work despite being medically fit and below age 55. Despite its earlier appeal on June 4, many employees have still not reported for work.

In a new circular issued on June 16 by the General Administration Department (GAD) of the BMC, all employees have been asked to join duty within 72 hours. "We started sending notices in the health department and the results are good. So now we are doing it across departments. The number of absentees varies in departments," said Milind Sawant, joint municipal commissioner of the GAD.