BMC Deputy Commissioner Dies Due To COVID-19

BMC Deputy Commissioner (Special Engineering) Shirish Dixit died on June 8 due to COVID-19, the BMC said in a statement. Dixit, who was the Chief Engineer of Water Supply Department of BMC, is survived by a wife and a daughter. The BMC has also announced that it will provide an ex-gratia assistance of ₹ 50,00,000 to the family of any BMC employee who dies due to COVID-19.