Bhubaneswar: The State government has waived off an amount of Rs 61,05,000 payable by the Navi Mumbai Corporation (NMC) towards the stay of its doctors and nurses at the Odisha Bhawan in Mumbai who were engaged in providing treatment to Covid patients.
The amount was waived off on orders of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, said an official press note.
Doctors and nurses of the NMC had occupied 8 rooms and a dormitory on the fourth floor of Odisha Bhawan for over 7 months from 12 April 2021 to 27 November 2021 and were providing treatment against Covid. The Odisha government has waived off the amount towards this.
Worth mentioning, that earlier too the Odisha government had waived off Rs 2,0016,000 payable by NMC during the first wave of Covid.
