HOWRAH: The sleek look of the 14-storied Nabanna may resemble that of a corporate office, but the work culture still appears to remain where it was.

However, not much have however been changed as far work culture is concerned. The festive season started off soon, followed with a ten day long holiday.

Ever since the secretariat opened after the puja vacation, not much official work has taken place. office started after durgapuja, there was still a hangover as not much official work took place.

With the lifts yet to start functioning properly, there is still slack in the working hours and several employees are coming late and leaving early. Bus services to pick up employees from Nabanna are inadequate, with only a few government buses plying on a couple of routes operating.

Ever since chief minister Mamata Banerjee started work at the building from October 5 with a ceremonious opening, the PWD authorities worked on to deck up the floors from the ground floor to the top, spending about Rs 30 lakh for each floor.

According to sources, a Trinamool Congress-backed employees' union had planned to set up an office at Nabanna but it was not allowed. "It has been made clear that there will be no employees' union or coordination committee office at Nabanna," said a senior government official.

But, funds galore as far as decorating the building is concerned. The PWD will be spending about Rs 30 lakh each floor to decorate those.

There is a reception counter on the ground floor of the building to help visitors. The 13th and 14th floors have been given a corporate look with glass doors and windows. A plush visitors' room has been set up on the 14th floor along with an open air terrace. The conference room and cabinet meeting rooms have been set up that can match those in any corporate office. The surroundings in front of the building are being decorated with gardens on the culverts.

The rooms of the ministers and department secretaries are spacious with decorations and adequate sitting arrangements inside.

"The rooms of some of the ministers and department secretaries at the Writers' were very small. Here, the rooms have been made spacious and to add to the aesthetically decorated rooms, one can have a top view through the glass windows," an official said.

With some more time for all the lifts to start work properly, several employees are now taking the staircases.

Meanwhile, government vehicles, sources said, are making several unnecessary trips from Nabanna to Writers' and vis-à-vis for carrying files and other documents from one building to other as per requirements. At Writers', many files, belonging to departments like PWD and land and land reforms, are getting misplaced in the departments of PWD, land and land reforms and others.

Barun Roy , who is now the district electoral officer of Kolkata, was put on compulsory waiting after the chief minister came to know that he went abroad without the sanction of the CM. the fault was not with Roy.

He had applied well in advance for getting the approval for his foreign trip, but the file got misplaced during the shifting process of the secretariat from Writers' to Nabanna and did not reach the chief minister's table.