Rs 50 lakh cover for frontline staff of BEST

MUMBAI: Finally, BEST workers will get Rs 50 lakh insurance cover for frontline duties during the battle against Covid-19. Eight staffers have died and 269 tested positive so far, with the recovery rate being 55% till Saturday.
Sources said a notification on the insurance was likely in a few days. They said it would be discussed with municipal commissioner I S Chahal for budgetary allocation.
The state government had on Friday announced insurance for all its employees on duty against Covid-19.At first, BEST staff members felt they would be excluded from the benefit, which they had been demanding for two months.
On Saturday, the government issued a circular with a clause saying "similar ex gratia assistance scheme will be implemented at local bodies".