Kin of 33 govt workers, who died of Covid, to get ₹50L each

Kin of 33 govt workers, who died of Covid, to get ₹50L each

Shanmughasundaram.J@timesgroup.com

Chennai:1.8.2020

Thirty-three government employees, including 16 frontline workers, have died of Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu. The deceased were 11 employees of the Chennai Corporation, eight personnel of the police department, a doctor and two other health department staff, three revenue department employees, an assistant commissioner of civil supplies, a senior private secretary at CM’s office, two town panchayat staff members and one employee each from the commissionerate of revenue administration, the Tiruvallur corporation, the energy department and the rural development department.

Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on April 22 had issued an order increasing the solatium from ₹10 lakh to ₹50 lakh for the families of frontline workers, who died due to Covid-19. The CM had also stated that a family member of each deceased frontline worker would be provided with a government job based on qualification.

Citing the CM’s announcement, director of social security scheme, commissioner of revenue administration, N Venkatachalam has sought medical and death certificates of the frontline workers to extend a financial assistance of ₹50 lakh each to the kin of the deceased. Venkatachalam sought the details from director of public health and preventive medicine Dr T S Selvavinayagam.

The authority sought the details and supporting documents such as certificates of the employee deployed in Covid-19 duty, his or her medical reports of being tested positive for the virus, death certificate, photocopy of the ration card and certificate of his/her legal heir.

Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on April 22 had issued an order increasing the solatium from ₹10 lakh to ₹50 lakh for the families of frontline government workers, who died due to Covid-19. infection