Lucknow, June 2 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government's 'Elderline' project that is designed to extend emotional support, healthcare and legal aid to senior citizens in Uttar Pradesh, is now receiving overwhelming response from the target beneficiaries.

The helpline, 14567, now receives as many as 80 to 90 actionable calls on a daily basis from various districts of Uttar Pradesh ranging from Noida to Ballia.

The toll-free helpline facility was made operational in Uttar Pradesh on May 14 to extend complete support to the elderly citizens across all 75 districts.

Amid the prevailing pandemic, Uttar Pradesh became the first state in the country to extend emotional care and support, health and legal assistance to the elderly through the call centres which remain functional from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The state government in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, has effectively implemented the scheme throughout the state.

All queries pertaining to information on old age homes, physiotherapy units, health related, mental health related and legal issues are being addressed promptly, thereby ensuring quick redressal of grievances as directed by the state government. The Elderline facility has been operationalized with the assistance on also agreed to create awareness about the benefits of vaccination amongst its members.

As regards the quantum of solatium to the families of the worker's who died of Covid-19 talks are on.

The Union on Monday decided that the company management's offer of six months salary of the worker's last drawn pay to the family of the worker's who died of Covid-19 was unacceptable.

The RNITS has demanded the company to increase the financial assistance to Rs 50 lakh to the family of the worker's who die of Covid-19.

According to Moorthy, the management has agreed to the compassionate appointment of a family member of a worker who died due to Covid-19 and also to increase the Covid-19 insurance sum by Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh.

(Venkatachari Jagannathan can be contacted at v.jagannathan@ians.in)

--IANS vj/in