KOLKATA: Bengal has received as many as 18,554 Covid death compensation claims, or 91% of the total recorded deaths of 20,231, and honoured nearly 80% of those, spending nearly Rs 75 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund, even as claims from Kolkata — which has had the highest share of Covid deaths — hover around the 40% mark.
Experts are of the view that the shortfall from the city could be attributed to a section of the city’s affluent, who are not willing to spend time and energy on the process of making the claim.
