NEW DELHI: Avoiding the use of air conditioning, keeping windows open for ventilation, maintaining at least a metre’s distance during face-to-face conversations and no sitting side by side during meals at the canteen—this could be the new normal for staff post the lockdown at India’s largest employer.The rolling stock wing of Northern Railway has come out with a detailed strategy of the routine employees and workers will need to follow as part of the “Rolling Stock Operations Continuity Plan”The strategy document, which can become a standard operating procedure (SOP) for railways, focuses on three aspects - change the way we arrive at and leave from workplaces, change the way we behave and interact with others at workplaces and change the way we use and maintain facilities at workplaces.It says before leaving home, one may need to ensure he/she is carrying a personal soap bar or soap strips, hand sanitiser, mask, a clean handkerchief and Aarogya Setu App on phone.While travelling solo or with others, one needs to ensure people sit apart in the vehicle, the driver and passenger’s temperature has been checked and instead of air conditioning, the windows are kept open.The focus will shift from in-person meetings to virtual collaborations and handshakes will be avoided. Moreover, people might prefer to bring their own lunch.To ensure the workplace is safe, sanitisers with dispensing units should be provided at all work points and frequently used objects such as door handles, knobs, keyboards, files and furniture should be cleaned with sanitisers 4-5 times a day.The document says the new normal will also include opening doors using leg and elbow and occupying alternate urinals to maintain social distance.In his forward note, railway minister, Piyush Goyal said, "As we move forward we expect to encounter new roadblocks. Foreseeing these challenges, Northern Railway Rolling Stock wing has prepared guidelines to help us adopt a new working culture in face of this threat of Covid-19 .”Arun Arora, principal chief mechanical engineer of Northern Railway said, “This document is an attempt to highlight the possible strategies which we should incorporate in our working lifestyle in the short term. The aim is to ensure better health, while we resume normal working.”