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Plea to increase cremation, burial sites in national capital: HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt stand
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Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 12:38 PM IST
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A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi government, National Disaster Management Authority and the municipal bodies seeking their stand on the plea by a lawyer.
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The court directed the authorities to consider data provided by the petitioner, Pratyush Prasanna, while filing their replies.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought responses of the Centre and the Delhi government on a PIL to temporarily increase the number of cremation and burial sites in the city in view of the overwhelming number of people dying due to COVID-19 daily.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought responses of the Centre and the Delhi government on a PIL to temporarily increase the number of cremation and burial sites in the city in view of the overwhelming number of people dying due to COVID-19 daily. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi government, National Disaster Management Authority and the municipal bodies seeking their stand on the plea by a lawyer. The court directed the authorities to consider data provided by the petitioner, Pratyush Prasanna, while filing their replies. In his plea filed through advocate Snigdha Singh, Prasanna has claimed that due to an acute shortage of hospital beds and other necessities such as testing kits and oxygen supply, there have been an overwhelming number of deaths in the country, especially in the national capital region .