Mayors say they are increasing cremation, burial facilities in the Capital
North civic body Mayor Jai Prakash on Tuesday alleged that the Delhi government is not providing “correct figures” of COVID deaths in the Capital and and the bodies of such patients were being cremated almost around the clock at crematoria and burial grounds over the last week.
The city’s civic bodies compile records related to last rites till 6 pm on a daily basis but if this format was changed to include cremations and burials till midnight, he alleged, the daily figures would be “substantially higher.”
“The Delhi government never gives correct figures for reasons best known to them. The last rites of those losing their lives to COVID are happening almost around the clock at Nigambodh Ghat, which is one of the most utilised facilities under the North body