Odisha To Give Rs 15 Lakh To Households Of 17 Reporters Who Died Of Covid

Bhubaneswar:

The Odisha executive has sanctioned reimbursement of Rs 2.55 crore to the members of the family of 17 running reporters of the state who died because of COVID-19, an legitimate unlock stated.

Leader Minister Naveen Patnaik licensed a suggestion on this regard put-forth by means of the Knowledge and Public Members of the family (I&PR) Division on Friday. An help of Rs 15 lakh each and every has been sanctioned for the households of 17 running reporters of the state, who died because of the an infection.

The checklist of reporters who’ve been sanctioned ex-gratia include-four from Bhubaneswar. They’re-Manas Jaypuria from Zee Odisha, Basanta Das (Freelance), Bijayan Laxmi Mohanty (Ajikali), Pritiman Mohapatra (Occasions of India).

3 reporters from Bolangir – Subhransu Sekhara Mishra (Sambad), Jateesh Chandra Khamari (Sambad) and Kailash Chandra Sahoo (Pragatibadi) also are within the checklist.

In a similar fashion, Gobind Behera (TV Information 6 Internet), Pradeep Kishore Sahu (Sambad), Kishore Chandra Sprint (Samaj), Naresh Kumar Behera (Odisha Recordsdata), Ratnakar Moharana (Kalinga Jyoti), Nandini, Nilaya Ranjan Pattnaik, (Block Correspondent), Karunakar Sahoo (Anupam Bharat) had been from Ganjam districts, whose members of the family gets the advantages.

Additionally, the following of family members of Bhanuprakash Rath (Naxatra TV) from Kalahandi and Ashok Kumar Sahoo (Manthan) and Pravat Kumar Routray (Loka Sampark) from Jajpur district would get the help.

This monetary help will likely be dispensed to the following of family members of the deceased reporters from the Journalist Welfare Fund.

Few such circumstances were gained by means of the Knowledge and Public Members of the family Division which will likely be dispensed after due verification, resources stated. After required enquiry on the district stage, eligible packages will likely be regarded as for disbursement of the ex-gratia compassionate help, an legitimate stated.

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