Furnaces melt
Surat
Metal structures of furnaces at some crematoriums in Surat have started melting or breaking as they are being used round-the-clock due to the rush of bodies amid the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said on Tuesday.
Since the past week, around 16 gas-based furnaces at the Kurukshetra Crematorium and Ashvini Kumar Crematorium here in Gujarat are operating 24x7 to cremate bodies, hence maintenance issues are cropping up, they said. The metal frames of gas furnaces, on which the bodies are kept, and chimneys are melting or breaking because of overheating and excessive use, the official said.
In the last couple of days, Surat city reported 18 to 19 deaths due to Covid-19 every day. âBefore the coronavirus outbreak last year, around 20 bodies were cremated at the Kurukhsetra Crematorium every day.
A helper who has been working in this cremation centre for years now, while talking to the media, said that this is the first time he is seeing such an atmosphere.
Qatar announces official working hours for govt bodies during Ramadan 2021
11 Apr 2021 - 13:13
File photo used for representation only. Photo credit: Abdul Basit/ The Peninsula
QNA
Doha: Minister of Justice and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr. Issa bin Saad al-Jafali al-Nuaimi today issued a circular specifying the working hours during the holy month of Ramadan (2021) for ministries, government agencies and public bodies and institutions.
The circular stated that on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan in 1442 AH, it has been decided that the official working hours during the holy month for civil servants will be five hours a day, starting from 9 am to 2 pm.
Death Toll in Myanmar Regime’s Latest Massacre Rises as Details Emerge
Amid the killing in the town, residents of Bago staged an anti-regime protest on Saturday.
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By The Irrawaddy 11 April 2021
More than 80 civilians, including students, were massacred by the Myanmar military regime in a single day in Bago Friday.
The initial death toll from the dawn attacks on anti-regime strongholds in Bago was about 60, but the number of those slain has continued to grow as more details emerge.
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoner (AAPP), which has been documenting the lists of fatalities and detention since the Feb.1 coup, now says that about 82 people were killed by the regime’s troops during the Bago raids.