Delhi government's Women and Child Development department has directed its branches to ensure that women employees are not made to stay in the office beyond working hours, until necessary.

In an advisory issued earlier this week, the department also asked the branches to ensure that if women are made to work late, they should be dropped off at home safely.

The advisory said that "safety, dignity and well-being of women employees is of paramount importance", and stressed it is the duty of the department to ensure a secure and enabling work environment at all times.

It said instances of women employees having to remain in office beyond normal working hours require clear safeguards, structured responsibility and strict oversight so that no woman is placed at risk while performing official

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