Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 26
The UT Administration has started giving ex gratia of Rs 50,000 to the kin of those who died due to Covid-19, after the directions of the Apex Court.
Disbursement of funds will be done under the District Disaster Management Authority to the next of kin of those who died due to coronavirus. The families concerned will submit their claims through a form issued by the Chandigarh authority along with the specified documents, including the death certificate that certifies the cause of death as “death due to Covid-19.”
All claims will be settled within 30 days of submission of required documents and disbursed through Aadhaar-linked Direct Benefit Transfer procedures.
It is pertinent to mention here that deaths due to poisoning, suicide, homicide and deaths due to accident will not be considered as Covid deaths even if coronavirus was the accompanying condition.
As many as 820 persons have succumbed to Covid-19 in Chandigarh. An official source has informed that already four to five persons have claimed for the compensation and have been awarded the amount in Chandigarh.
To help the families of those who died due to Covid, all hospitals concerned where the patient was admitted and provided treatment will provide all necessary documents of treatment to the family member of deceased as and when demanded.
The criteria
Claims to be settled within 30 days
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