Bokaro: With the death toll due to Covid-19 rising in the district, its burning ghats and crematoriums are running out of timber to cremate the dead.
Jai Maa Kali Trust of the main crematorium (Ghat) at Chas Bridge in the district has started facing a shortage of logs. More than 35 bodies are being cremated daily at the ghat.
Record keepers at the ghat said 446 corpses were cremated in the past 30 days. Before the spike in cases, a maximum of seven corpses were cremated in a day.
Chas SDO Shashi Prakash Singh said the circle officer has been tasked to ensure the availability of logs. Crematoriums in Bokaro are entirely dependent on logs as there are no electric or gas-powered human incinerators at present. The trustees have requested Chas Nagar Nigam and companies like Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL), among others, till a month ago to install the facility, but in vain.
Uttar Pradesh engages 68,000 groups to facilitate its Take Home Ration scheme
THR, executed by UPSRLM, focuses on children under six months of age, pregnant and lactating women, adolescent girls and severely malnourished children in the age group of six months to six years.
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The self-help groups procure dry ration at the village level and then supply it to around 1.5 lakh Anganwadi centres. (Photo | EPS)
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UTTAR PRADESH: A study published by Lancet Child & Adolescent Health says Uttar Pradesh is among the states with the highest malnutrition levels in the country. The state government has roped in thousands of women self-help groups (SHGs) to facilitate its Take Home Ration (THR) scheme under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). These women have been entrusted with providing nutritious ration to the beneficiaries in their villages and blocks.
UPDATED: March 1, 2021 22:53 IST
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