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Residents, especially the elderly, and housing society managements have been grappling with the problem of who to allow inside buildings or complexes. Sharing housework support staff can reduce the number of people entering our home and the risk of the virus\u2019s spread. What is important, particularly for the elderly and the ailing, is maintaining the vigil.<\/p>\n
At DLF Heights in New Town, the residents\u2019 association conducted medical screening of several maids before allowing them inside the complex. The screening after 15 days and a team has been constituted to ensure no maid is reporting from a containment zone. \u201cWe are encouraging people to hire maids from this pool of medically cleared maids. We are urging maids not to work at multiple complexes and in turn are trying to employ them with flats in our complex to cut down on the number of outsiders,\u201d said Naba Kumar Mondal, a senior member of the association.
Saptaparni Cooperative Housing Society, too, has restricted entry of domestic helps from containment zones to encourage the concept of maid-sharing. \u201cMany maids who agreed to stay back, took up work in other houses to help tide over the difficult phase. The society board also conducted an opinion poll of the members at the onset of Unlock 1 before taking decisions,\u201d said Indrani Chaudhuri, the board secretary.
Urbana authorities have capped the number of households a domestic help can work at. \u201cWe are allowing a maid to work at a maximum of three households in the complex to avoid spread of infection,\u201d said Debjani Mookherjee, senior vice-president of the residents\u2019 association. <\/div>\n