The district administration paid `20,000 to journalist Dipak Mishra who is presently undergoing treatment for brain stroke in Sum Hospital of Bhubaneswar.
On recommendation of district Collector Samarth Verma, Chief Minister’s Relief Funds (CMRF) sanctioned the amount for Mishra for treatment. Sources said that Mishra, a resident of Rench GP under Delanga block, was working as a reporter for an Odia channel.
On Monday, he suddenly succumbed to brain stroke and was sent to hospital. On request from journalists in Puri, Collector Verma sanctioned the amount. Delanga Tehsildar Mahendra Badhei met the father of Mishra and handed over the amount.
Several journalists’ bodies of Puri including ‘The Media’, a forum of journalists and writers, have urged the Collector for more help as the money sanctioned from CMRF is very negligible to meet the treatment expenditure. Notably, Mishra might undergo neuro surgery, which costs lakhs of rupees.