A Mumbai-based glassware company has announced to provide the families of its employees who die or have died of Covid-19 with financial aid.
“... the family of any employee of Borosil Ltd and Borosil Renewable Ltd and their subsidiaries will be given 2 years of salary in the event of an unfortunate demise owing to Covid-19,” read a statement by the Borosil Managing Director Shreevar Kheruka on Friday.
Moreover, the tuition fees of the children of the deceased employees would be paid till their graduation in India, Kheruka said in a Facebook post.
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“We have lost four employees to this dreadful pandemic,” he said, before adding the sadness for the losses was “indescribable”.
The message comes at a time when India is struggling to rein in a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The health authorities in India reported 401,993 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, crossing the 400,000-mark for the first time since the outbreak of the disease, as reported by Reuters.
Meanwhile, deaths jumped by 3,523, taking the country's total toll to 211,853.
Holding out hope, the Borosil managing director said: “This too shall pass and we will emerge into a better tomorrow!”