Ghazipur administration offers financial aid to kin unable to bear cremation cost
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Updated: May 15, 2021 08:13 IST
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Days after reports of bodies of suspected COVID-19 patients found floating in the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur surfaced, the district administration has decided to provide a financial help of Rs 5,000 to those unable to bear cremation expenses and appealed public to refrain from water burial.
"If any person is unable to bear expenses of cremation of the body of their relative or family member and goes to any crematorium, we will provide them with Rs 5,000 immediately and bear all expenses of cremation," Ghazipur DM MP Singh said.