Gujarat: Crematorium workers to be considered as ‘frontline warriors’.
Those working at crematoriums will be considered as COVID-19 frontline workers and can get all associated advantages, the Gujarat authorities stated on Wednesday.
The advantages embody Rs 25 lakh for the household if a employee dies due to the virus an infection, CMO Gujarat tweeted.
“At the meeting of the state core committee headed by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani it was decided that staff of crematoriums throughout the state should be considered as frontline workers,” an official launch stated.
They will be eligible for advantages retrospectively, from April 1, 2020, when the outbreak started.
The determination was taken as a compassionate measure contemplating that crematorium workers are overburdened, the discharge added.
