₹1 lakh each given to 396 families hit by pandemic
The Hindu
The State Government has released a compensation of ₹3.96 crore to 396 below poverty line families whose members died of COVID-19 in Belagavi, district in-charge Minister Govid Karjol said in Belagavi
The State Government has released a compensation of ₹3.96 crore to 396 below poverty line families whose members died of COVID-19 in Belagavi, district in-charge Minister Govid Karjol said in Belagavi on Wednesday. Each one of these families have received ₹1 lakh.
The other 316 families of victims of the epidemic have been given ₹50,000 each that was given by the Union Government, the Minister said in his Republic Day speech.
He said that out of the 763 claims made by families, tahsildars of various taluks have approved 735 cases for compensation. Of these, the Deputy Commissioner have approved 712 cases. He said that the State Government was taking all steps to contain the spread of the disease and it has stepped up checking at the inter-State borders. “We have 2,953 active cases in the district and they are all under observation of the Health Department,” he added.
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