With Yogi Adityanath as CM, UP 'babus' give up 'nawabi' habits, embrace new work culture

Lucknow: Call it a Yogi Adityanath effect or the need of the hour, a refreshing change is visible in Uttar Pradesh government departments these days. 

The 'babus' are slowly giving up their old 'nawabi' habits of coming late to office and unnecessary delaying the government files.

After Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath banned 'pan masala' and 'gutkha' in government offices, the bureaucrats are now switching to chewing gums and confectioneries.

Interestingly, the officials are now coming to office on time.

A Times of India report claimed on Thursday that the UP Secretariat parking was so jam-packed around 9.30 am on Wednesday that there was no space left to park other vehicles.

Another visible change is cleanliness in the Secretariat campus, which was otherwise filled with filth, 'gutkha' and ''paan masala' wrappers, used plastic tea cups etc.

'Pan masala' stains on Secretariat walls are being washed and renovated so as to give them a new look.

Meanwhile, the state forest department has also put up posters in its corridors warning "Aap camere ki nazar mein hain. Gutka khane par Rs 1,000 fine lagega (you're on camera. Chewing gutka will attract a fine of Rs 1,000)." 

After CM yogi Adityanath's advice to the bureaucrats to be ready to work 18-20 hours a day, attendance in almost all government offices is full and pending files are being cleared timely.

The Yogi Adityanath government is also mulling to put in place a biometric attendance recording system for government officials in the days to come.

UP Minister of State for Water Resources Upendra Tiwari, who was recently caught on camera sweeping his office floor with a broom, regularly inspects whether his work place is clean or not.

UP Cabinet Minister SPS Baghel has directed his staff to give up chewing 'pan masala'. 

Other ministers like Surya Pratap Shahi, Dharampal Singh, Suresh Khanna, Anupama Jaiswal, Neelkanth Tiwari, Srikant Sharma, Sidharth Nath Singh are too setting good examples by coming to office on time and maintaining a clean environment.

 Truly, the commoners in 'Yogi Raj' have begun to feel the ripple effects, too.