‘Compensate all COVID-19 victims without conditions’
The Hindu
Siddaramaiah says over 3.5 lakh have succumbed to virus
Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah has urged the State government to give compensation for all COVID-19 victims instead of sticking to the order of providing compensation to only one member of the family.
More than 3.5 lakh people have died owing to COVID as against the government’s claims of only about 37,000 victims, he said.
He alleged that 1,500 tonnes of gold, worth ₹4,17,000 crore, had been mortgaged by people in four different private financial companies in the State to raise resources for meeting hospital expenses.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.