District admin finalizes SOP for mango picking labourers of other provinces.

HYDERABAD -- The district administration has finalized Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for mango picking skilled labourers coming from other provinces and directed that all labourers would be registered under prescribed proforma and they should show anti-coronavirus certificate issued by the health department of the respective province.

The decision was taken in a meeting of growers and contractors with district administration chaired by the district focal person for COVID-19 MPA Sharjeel Inaam Memon here at Shahbaz Hall on Tuesday.

As per decision labourers under the age of 50 years would be allowed to come to Hyderabad and they would be registered at a camp established by district administration.

Sharjeel Memon said it was difficult for the administration to allow labourers belonging to other provinces but keeping in view of economic loss of the growers and contractors' decision had been taken to allow limited skilled labourers to come for picking of the mango while growers were advised to employ local labourers for the purpose.

The assistant commissioner Hyderabad Rural was directed to establish a camp with the assistance of DSP...