Relatives of people cremated before the closure of the facility started returning to the complex to collect the remains, only to find them mixed with sludge | Latest News Delhi
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Delhi Government and Municipal Corporations in a Public Interest Litigation seeking direction to immediately repair and rectify the non-functional electric crematoriums with the installation of more numbers of electric crematoriums in Delhi.
In Photos: Ghazipur Crematorium Overwhelmed as Delhi s COVID-19 Deaths Spiral
The crematorium has never seen such a large number of funerals, says the assistant who is supervising the last rites.
Funerals being conducted at the Ghazipur crematorium. Photo: Shome Basu
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The crematorium at Ghazipur on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border can be identified by the fumes emanating from it, which can be seen from a distance. The narrow, two-way road leading to the crematorium is lined with bodies. Its parking has been converted into a makeshift area for pyres.
India’s second wave of the coronavirus has devastated Delhi, overwhelming the healthcare system. According to official statistics released on Thursday evening, the national capital recorded nearly 25,000 new COVID-19 cases. The data also said 395 COVID-19 patients died during the day.
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Delhi COVID cases: The administration of the ITO-situated Jadid Qabristan Ahle Islam, says that the number of COVID-19 bodies has been increasing since April 4. ITO-situated Jadid Qabristan Ahle Islam graveyard in Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: As COVID-19 cases and fatalities increase in Delhi, the city s largest Muslim cemetery, is running out of space for the burial of Coronavirus victims.
The administration of the ITO-situated Jadid Qabristan Ahle Islam, says that the number of COVID-19 bodies has been increasing since April 4. We are now left with the space for the burial of just 150-200 more Covid-19 victims, Mohammed Shamin, the graveyard s caretaker, told ANI.