Family of Delhi teacher who died after contracting coronavirus on Covid duty gets Rs 1 cr ex-gratia

The Delhi government has given Rs 1 crore ex gratia to the family of a schoolteacher who died after contracting Covid-19 while on official duty here last year, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said Monday.The minister tweeted a video in which Sheoji Mishras wife and two sons share the trauma they faced after his death.Mishras son Piyush Kumar says in the video that his father was part of a team deputed to feed migrant workers during the COVID-19-induced lockdown last year, Mishra died in June 2020 after contracting the coronavirus infection, his family says.Mr Sheoji Mishra was a very good teacher.

The Delhi government has given Rs 1 crore ex gratia to the family of a schoolteacher who died after contracting Covid-19 while on official duty here last year, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said Monday.

The minister tweeted a video in which Sheoji Mishra's wife and two sons share the trauma they faced after his death.

Mishra's son Piyush Kumar says in the video that his father was part of a team deputed to feed migrant workers during the COVID-19-induced lockdown last year, Mishra died in June 2020 after contracting the coronavirus infection, his family says.

''Mr Sheoji Mishra was a very good teacher. He died in the line of duty after contracting the coronavirus infection. The Delhi government has offered his family an ex-gratia of Rs 1 cr. We cannot fill the void left by him, but we will try to give every possible support to his family,'' Jain said in a tweet in Hindi.

Besides doctors and healthcare workers, a number of people working in other sectors in the national capital lost their lives while discharging their pandemic duty.