BMC COVID-19 death payouts given to 2216 applicants in Mumbai
Mumbai Feb 21 PTI The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC on Monday said out of 35138 applications received by it for compensation from relatives of patients in the city who died due to COVID-19 financial aid of Rs 50000 each has been paid to 2216 applicantsAccording to a BMC release 35138 applications have been received so far from relatives of deceased COVID-19 patients in Mumbai on the Maharashtra governments portalOut of these sanction for compensation has been approved for 21436 applicants and in 2216 cases ex-gratia payment of Rs 50000 each has been already released the release saidOut of the total 12871 applications have been rejected Of these 5003 citizens have applied to the Grievances Redressal Committee seeking review of BMCs rejection of their payout claims it statedThe release said a meeting of the Grievances Redressal Committee was held at Penguins Hall in the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale garden and zoo in the presence of Mayor Kishori Pednekar and other dignitariesThe committee approves or rejects claims for ex-gratia filed before it after verification of relevant documentsOf the 5003 citizens who have approached the panel 328 applicants presented their case for claims before the committee and of these compensation was sanctioned for 273 the release saidThe mayor has assured to pursue the remaining applications with the state government it saidA total of 36 applications were rejected as COVID-19 patients on whose behalf payout was sought died outside Mumbai while in case of 19 applicants all relevant papers were not submitted the BMC saidThese 19 applicants were asked to produce the required documents before the committee during its next meeting the release saidThe Maharashtra government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50000 each to the nearest kin of patients who have died due to COVID-19 in the state PTI KK RSY RSY
Mumbai Feb 21 PTI The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC on Monday said out of 35138 applications received by it for compensation from relatives of patients in the city who died due to COVID-19 financial aid of Rs 50000 each has been paid to 2216 applicantsAccording to a BMC release 35138 applications have been received so far from relatives of deceased COVID-19 patients in Mumbai on the Maharashtra governments portalOut of these sanction for compensation has been approved for 21436 applicants and in 2216 cases ex-gratia payment of Rs 50000 each has been already released the release saidOut of the total 12871 applications have been rejected Of these 5003 citizens have applied to the Grievances Redressal Committee seeking review of BMCs rejection of their payout claims it statedThe release said a meeting of the Grievances Redressal Committee was held at Penguins Hall in the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale garden and zoo in the presence of Mayor Kishori Pednekar and other dignitariesThe committee approves or rejects claims for ex-gratia filed before it after verification of relevant documentsOf the 5003 citizens who have approached the panel 328 applicants presented their case for claims before the committee and of these compensation was sanctioned for 273 the release saidThe mayor has assured to pursue the remaining applications with the state government it saidA total of 36 applications were rejected as COVID-19 patients on whose behalf payout was sought died outside Mumbai while in case of 19 applicants all relevant papers were not submitted the BMC saidThese 19 applicants were asked to produce the required documents before the committee during its next meeting the release saidThe Maharashtra government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50000 each to the nearest kin of patients who have died due to COVID-19 in the state PTI KK RSY RSY
