Delhi govt gives Rs 1 cr ex gratia to kin of Corona warrior
The minister presented a cheque of Rs 1 crore as ex-gratia to the family of Covid warrior.
The minister presented a cheque of Rs 1 crore as ex-gratia to the family of Covid warrior.
The previous Congress government had given Rs 10 lakh to the family of Manjit, who died on 26 April 2020, while on special duty as driver of the Punjab government-run bus to bring back stranded Sikh pilgrims to Punjab from Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded.
Fulfilling AAP's promise, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday directed the state Finance department to release a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to the family of deceased PRTC driver Manjit Singh, a frontline corona warrior.
Kejriwal said that no life can be valued with money but this financial assistance will provide some ease to the family of the Corona warrior and the Delhi government will also provide his elder son with a job and will stand beside his family for any help they might need in the future.
Smiles were all around when infant Sukhdeep Singh, probably the youngest winner in the state, was discharged from Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Jalandhar, yesterday, after passing through all the medical tests including RT-PCR.
Soma Devi, a resident of Ghindi village in Parkharer panchayat, hasn’t let her daughter, Himani, along with two others enter the village to avoid any chance of Coronavirus infection.
