Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned an ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakh to the next kin of journalist late Bijayalaxmi Mohanty, who died of COVID-19.
Mohanty, who was the Editor- cum- Chief Correspondent at Odia daily ‘Ajikali’, lost battle against COVID-19 on 27.08.20.