Bhubaneswar: The employees of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will face stricter action for reaching the office late as the civic body will mark their delay as 'Absent' and treat it as 'No Work No Pay'.

As per the office order, all staff including the Regular, DLR, CLR, Contractual, Outsourcing, and Consultants working within BMC will ensure to reach the office between 9:45 AM and 10:15 AM on each working day positively.

"Any delay from the scheduled time beyond 15 minutes i.e. after 10:30 AM shall be marked as 'ABSENT' and treated as 'No Work No Pay', a BMC order read.

The move came to ensure faster disposal of work and to enhance the work efficiency of workers within the organisation.