as the coronavirus disease covid19 cases have started rising in the pune district again it has brought back the memories of last years lockdown which has sent the chakan industrial township in a panic modefearing that the industry will once again take a big hit if workers are infected by the virus in large number the industries representatives have asked the union government to administer vaccines to the industrial workers on a priority basis to keep the units going even during the pandemicaround this time last year there was a complete lockdown in the industrial sector in chakan which caused huge financial losses to not only the industry but the country also by the time the industries were given permissions to resume their operations most of the migrated workforce had gone back to their home states leaving the industries short of manpower advt now again when the cases are rising in pune district there are some cases among the workers of the biggest automobile hub of the country being reported from chakan area according to the industries representatives they are witnessing a nearly five to seven per cent rise in the number of positive cases among the workersall the industries in the chakan midc are taking utmost care to screen each and every worker at the factories but since they also get mixed with the other crowd at their residential areas and they are getting infected by the virus till the last month we did not have many cases but this month we have observed nearly five to seven per cent rise in the positive cases among the industrial workers which is a worrisome fact dilip batwal secretary of the federation of chakan industries fci saidconsidering the rising cases among the workers the fci recently has written a letter to the central government to give priority to the employees working in the manufacturing industries in terms of giving vaccines last year we all have observed how much the country has suffered financially and now nobody is in a position to face the same financial situation like last time since the industry cannot run without its workers we have written to the central government requesting to give priority to the workers from the industrial sector in the ongoing vaccination drive if the workers are safe the industry will be financially safe batwal said advt according to the industry representatives there is a fear psychosis among the workers as they are witnessing rising cases around them which is having an adverse impact on their performance sujeet singh of jeet automobile said last year also the workers had left to their home states in a panic mode and this year also we are witnessing the similar panic psychology among some of the workers they are showing reluctance in coming to the work as they are scared of the infection some of them keep taking leaves now and then which are affecting the industrial outputthe industrialists feel that if the government takes a decision