Emphasising the need for people to further support the government in its endeavour to curb the pandemic,Minister for Mines and Geology, Women and Child Development and Dharwad district in-charge Halappa Achar has said that ₹4.62 crore has been disbursed to 462 BPL families that lost members to COVID-19 in the district.
Hoisting the tricolour at R.N. Shetty Stadium in Dharwad during the Republic Day celebrations organised by the district administration,Mr. Achar said that along with it, ₹50,000 each has been given to legal heirs of 1,143 people who died of COVID-19. This amount has been directly credited to their bank accounts, he said.
