The Gujarat Congress on Wednesday claimed to have collected particulars of greater than 27,000 individuals who died of Kovid-19 throughout Gujarat and demanded that the state authorities pay compensation of Rs 4 lakh to every of the kin of the deceased after verifying the figures.
On May 10, the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee launched an internet Google kind asking households of deceased Kovid sufferers to fill in some primary particulars. GPCC interim president Amit Chavda claimed on Wednesday that the social gathering has collected 17,300 on-line kinds and 10,000 handbook kinds by means of taluka-level congressional committees within the final 15 days.
At a press convention at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in Paldi, Ahmedabad, Chavda mentioned, “We all know that the people of Gujarat had to struggle and scramble for essentials like medicines and beds due to lack of willpower and coordination in the state government.” . The Gujarat High Court had additionally remarked that the folks of Gujarat had been dwelling ‘Ram Bharosa’ and had manipulated the statistics of Kovid’s deaths by the state authorities.
“Congress initially demanded compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for Kovid related deaths… Our party decided to conduct its own survey and on 10 May, we submitted a Google Form to the families of patients who died of Kovid. Issued, asking them to fill the basic. Details… In the last fortnight, more than 17,300 people filled online forms… We have also collected manual forms from about 10,000 deceased persons at the taluka level, ”mentioned Chavda.
Stating that the information has been shared with the state authorities, Chavda mentioned, “We found that only 22 per cent of the total deaths were at home, while the remaining 78 per cent occurred in hospitals. This shows that large number of people died due to lack of timely treatment, oxygen and medicines, which proves the criminal negligence of the state government. We demand that the state government immediately issue orders for financial assistance to such families, conduct a survey at the local level and verify the data sent by us and declare compensation of Rs 4 lakh. The Gujarat government should also issue a white paper on Kovid’s deaths and issue it online. “
According to the Gujarat Government Health Bulletin, 9,701 folks have died in Gujarat until Wednesday from Kovid-19.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
