Chennai records a steep rise in funerals
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Gagandeep Singh Bedi calls for meeting of engineers today
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Gagandeep Singh Bedi calls for meeting of engineers today The city has been seeing a steep rise of over 300% in the number of bodies cremated at major burial grounds under the control of the Greater Chennai Corporation since the first wave of COVID-19 last year.
Where there used to be seven bodies a day for cremation, now there are 28, a senior official said. “The number of cremations has crossed 350 a day, and this extraordinary increase has led to malfuction in some crematoria/gasifiers,” the official explained. Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi on Thursday inspected burial grounds to resolve issues reported by residents. Mr. Bedi has called a meeting of executive engineers on Friday to repair crematoriums and redress the grievances of residents.