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JAMSHEDPUR: With the number of Covid-19 deaths increasing in East Singhbhum district, the crematoriums are overflowing and family members of the deceased are having to wait for long hours before they can perform the last rites of their loved ones.
At the two crematoriums in Jamshedpur Subarnarekha and Parvati ghats at least 80 bodies are being brought in on a daily basis. Officials at Parvati Ghat said although bodies can be brought in till 2pm on a certain day and thereafter one has to wait for a slot the day next, the burning ghat is seeing cremations till midnight.