Ensure kin of deceased sanitation workers get relief, CM urged
The Hindu
₹50 lakh each has to be paid to them under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, says former bureaucrat
Social activist and former bureaucrat E.A.S. Sarma has appealed to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy seeking his early intervention to enable kin of sanitation workers, who lost their lives in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic containment programme, get relief under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana. In a letter to the Chief Minister, Mr. Sarma quoted a news report which says that over 50 sanitation workers in the State have lost their lives in the programme but their kin are yet to get the benefits under the scheme. A sum of ₹50 lakh has to be paid to the kin of those covered under the programme.
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