NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APRIL 16
DMK-led opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Thursday urged the state government to provide Rs 1 crore as financial relief to the families of those who died due to Covid-19.
#CoronaVirus நெருக்கடி காலத்தில் திமுக தலைமையிலான அனைத்துக்கட்சிக் கூட்டம் காணொலி வாயிலாக நடைபெற்றது.
நிவாரணத் தொகை உயர்வு, ஊழியர்களுக்கு தேவையான உபகரணங்கள், மத்திய – மாநில அரசுகளின் அணுகுமுறை, மாநில அரசின் அராஜகப் போக்கு உள்ளிட்டவற்றை சுட்டிக்காட்டி தீர்மானங்கள் இயற்றப்பட்டன. pic.twitter.com/f54iimkWAy
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 16, 2020
The parties also asked the state government to increase the compensation amount to Rs 1 crore for the families of medical professionals deployed in treating Covid-19 patients and frontline warriors who work to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
With the state government denying permission to hold the meeting at DMK headquarters on Wednesday, the all-party meeting was held through video conferencing.
The DMK alliance parties like Congress, VCK, Left parties, MDMK and others participated in the meeting.
The resolutions passed at the meeting are: Urging the state and central governments to procure the coronavirus test kits and other medical equipment, increase the bed strength; Distribute Rs 5,000 to all ration card holders in the state as relief; The central government should allocate Rs 15,000 crore asked by the Tamil Nadu government for relief measures and Quickly formulate the scheme for relief and economic welfare.