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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | UP: Over 1600 Teachers Died of COVID-19 After Poll Duty for Panchayat Elections -Manoj Singh

UP: Over 1600 Teachers Died of COVID-19 After Poll Duty for Panchayat Elections -Manoj Singh

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published Published on May 18, 2021   modified Modified on May 21, 2021

-TheWire.in

The Uttar Pradesh Primary Teachers’ Association has sent a list of the victims to the chief minister and put forth demands including financial assistance to family members of the teachers who have died.

Gorakhpur: At least 1621 teachers and support staff have so far died from COVID-19 following poll duty during the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections, according to information provided by the Uttar Pradesh Primary Teachers’ Association on May 16.

The Uttar Pradesh Primary Teachers’ Association has sent a list of the victims to the chief minister demanding financial assistance of Rs 1 crore and jobs to their dependents.

While the state teachers’ union had earlier released a list on April 28 saying that 706 teachers and members of the support staff had died due to COVID-19, the death toll has now more than doubled.

In the list sent to the chief minister on May 16, the teachers’ association has put forth eight demands including financial assistance of one crore rupees and jobs to the family members of the teachers, shiksha mitras, instructors and employees who have died while on poll duty.

The list submitted contains the names of the deceased teachers, the name of the school, their designation, block and district name, date of death and the mobile number of a family member.

According to this list, the highest number of fatalities of teachers and other staff members, that is 68, were reported from the district of Azamgarh, while 50 teachers have died in Gorakhpur, 47 in Lakhimpur, 53 in Rae Bareli, 43 in Jaunpur, 46 in Prayagraj, 35 in Lucknow, 39 in Sitapur, 34 in Unnao, 36 in Ghazipur, and 34 in Barabanki. In 23 districts of the state, more than 25 teachers and other staff have died due to COVID-19.

In the letter sent to the chief minister, the UPPTA has stated that in letters issued on April 12, April 22, April 28 and April 29 to the Uttar Pradesh government and the state election commission, the association had demanded postponement of the panchayat polls owing to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but their demands were ignored.

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TheWire.in, 18 May, 2021, https://thewire.in/rights/uttar-pradesh-panchayat-elections-teachers-covid-19


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