THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The general administration department is preparing a formula to move the pending files like clockwork. Have employees listen to good songs regularly. The music experiment in the Secretariat is in the department under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. It is not clear whether the experiment recognizes that many people have different mental states. However, there are many trolls circulating.

P Honey, Additional Secretary (Housekeeping Cell), General Administration Department, has issued an order allocating Rs.13,440 to set up a music system in the AIS section, which handles the files of All India Civil Service officers in the general administration department. It was Chief Secretary's Special Officer Anjana IAS who approached the general administration department with this demand. Apart from Anjana, this office has an office attendant and a computer assistant. The estimate was prepared by the Public Works Department (Electronics).

While it is common for government offices to install televisions for employees to catch the news, this is the first time that a music system has been installed. The employees say that the reason behind the decision is that someone advised them that file browsing will be faster if they work while listening to music. The AIS section is attached to the Chief Secretary's office.

There are 43 departments in the Secretariat building. There are 25 sections under the General Administration Department. Only one section of it has been considered for the music experiment. It is estimated that around two lakh files are pending in secretariat.

Trolls in WhatsApp groups

Organizations' WhatsApp groups are filled with trolls against the new decision. A troll said why not set up music systems for the entire Secretariat. Another troll said that dairy cows should be brought so that they can yield more milk.