The Maharashtra government bans Facebook in Mantralaya

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has restricted access to the social networking site, Facebook, in Mantralaya. After receiving complaints, the IT department has put ban on the use of Facebook. "We decided to block the site as many employees were seen spending hours on it," said a senior Mantralaya official.


The move hasn't gone well with the employees, though. "The administration has wrong impression that work is getting affected due to Facebook. We log on to the site only during the lunch break or in case if there is less workload on a particular day," said an employee.

But A B P Pandey, principal secretary, IT department, said the internet connection was intended for office purpose.