FWICE writes to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray proposing guidelines for the resumption of work in the entertainment industry
The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has written to the chief minister of Maharashtra state Shri Uddhav Thackeray in which the federation has proposed the guidelines for the resumption of work in the media and entertainment industry post lockdown. ## The federation has proposed 24 points in front of the CM which should be followed once the production work resumes. The proposed points are (a few of them)-## 1. All necessary medical checkups to be mandatory for all the crafts and crew entering the sets while shoots. ## 2. All the necessary personal care equipment such as face mask/shields, hand sanitizer, etc. should be provided to all the crew members by the producers. ## 3. Healthy and hygiene food to be provided to all the craft and crew members on the sets by the producers. ## 4. Lesser crew members to be allowed on the indoor shoots. ## 5. All the equipment on the production units should be sanitized at regular intervals. ## 6. Ideally, all unit members to get a negative COVID test report to be allowed on the shoot, and post.## 7. Outstanding dues amount should be cleared by the producers before starting the shoots and the payment should be made within 30 days of the shoot. ## 8. People aged 60 years and above and pregnant women to be restricted on the set for 4 months from the date of start. ## 9. Monthly payment to be cleared end every month. ## 10. Daily wages workers payment to be cleared on a daily basis. ## 11. Minimum Life Insurance Guarantee of Rs. 50 Lakh.## 12. Ambulance, doctor, and nurse compulsory on every set. ## 13. Visitors strictly prohibited. ## 14. Any person found COVID +ve during the shoots or during his travel of shoots should be mandatorily given treatment in a private hospital. ## 15. 8 hours shift. Work to be divided into two shifts a day. Mandatorily people should be changed per shift. ## #FWICE writes to Shri #UddhavThackeray, Hon Chief Minister of #Maharashtra... Submits proposed guidelines when work resumes in entertainment industry... pic.twitter.com/CXcWgG56ib— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 26, 2020 ## Recently, the FWICE had written to CM Uddhav Thackeray in which the Federation had appealed to CM to conduct a joint meeting with the stakeholders of the entertainment industry.## Before that, CM Uddhav Thackeray had contracted with the artistes & producers from the entertainment industry especially Marathi film, theatre & television series via video conference on May 20 in which, the CM said that state will consider any action plan to allow to resume the post-production work proposed to them according to the government's guidelines.## Stay tuned...
