Dhulikhel to disburse funeral expenses to families of the deceased

DHULIKHEL: JUNE 3 – Dhulikhell Municipality is set to disburse Rs 15,000 each to the families of those succumbing to Corona Virus infection.

The municipality shared that the decision was made to ease and boost the confidence of the families of the deceased in the critical time of COVID-19 pandemic.

“We hope the municipality’s token support would somehow provide relief to the families of the deceased”, said Dhulikhel Mayor Ashok Kumar Byanju. He also informed that the municipality has intensified its campaign to know the status of the Corona Virus infected, bring them to the scope of test and provide health support including medicines to the infected family members.

Since the onset of second wave of the COVID-19, Dhulikhel Municipality has so far traced 311 active infected including 188 men. As of today, 28 infected people has died due to Corona Virus in Dhulikhel.

Meanwhile, 325 people have been tested positive for Corona Virus infection in Kavrepalanchowk in the past 24 hours. -RSS