Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the family members of corona warrior Sheoji Mishra who died due to Covid-19 and handed over a cheque of Rs 1 crore as compensation to the family on Thursday.
Mishra was a teacher and had contracted coronavirus during his Covid duty in the RSBV, Kalyanvas on June 4 last year and three days later, he succumbed to the infection.
Kejriwal said that no amount of money can compensate for the loss of a life but this financial assistance would ease some of the family’s fiscal woes.
He said that the Delhi Government would also provide the late Corona Warrior’s elder son a job and would stand beside his family for any help they might need in the future.
“Late Sheoji Mishra was a very hardworking and dedicated teacher in our Delhi Government school.
He passed away after getting infected while being on Covid duty last year. I can understand the pain and grief of his family.
The Government will provide his elder son a job and we will also stand beside them for any assistance that we can provide,” he said.
Mishra, a resident of Delhi had joined the service in 1999. He is survived by his wife Saroj Mishra and two sons.
The Delhi Government school, in which he worked as an English teacher, was facilitating screening of migrant labourers and also organising their movement and providing food and temporary stay at the night shelters to them.