Odisha To Give Rs 15 Lakh To Families Of 17 Journalists Who Died Of Covid

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a proposal in this regard put-forth by the Information and Public Relations Department on Friday. An assistance of Rs 15 lakh each has been sanctioned for the families of 17 working journalists of the state, who died due to the infection.

The Odisha government has sanctioned compensation of Rs 2.55 crore to the family members of 17 working journalists of the state who died due to COVID-19, an official release said. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a proposal in this regard put-forth by the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department on Friday. An assistance of Rs 15 lakh each has been sanctioned for the families of 17 working journalists of the state, who died due to the infection. The list of journalists who have been sanctioned ex-gratia include-four from Bhubaneswar. They are-Manas Jaypuria from Zee Odisha, Basanta Das (Freelance), Bijayan Laxmi Mohanty (Ajikali), Pritiman Mohapatra (Times of India). Three journalists from Bolangir - Subhransu Sekhara Mishra (Sambad), Jateesh Chandra Khamari (Sambad) and Kailash Chandra Sahoo (Pragatibadi) are also in the list.