Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 48 children have lost both their parents in the current second wave of Covid-19 pandemic in State, said Women and Child Development Minister Shashikala Jolle.
Speaking to reporters here yesterday, she said that 947 kids have lost either one of their parents to the contagion which included 91 in Mysuru district. The Department has been collecting details of kids becoming orphans. Fortunately, Suttur Mutt of Mysuru and Siddaganga Mutt of Tumakuru have come forward to provide free education and boarding for these kids.
