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Urns pile up at Delhi crematoriums as families don t return for ashes

Kin take body for cremation in e-rickshaw

Updated: Family of deceased barely has money to meet ends and couldn’t afford ambulance Share Article AAA Balram Sharma with his brother Pawan’s body in an e-rickshaw at Nigambodh Ghat.   | Photo Credit: DEL28- Balram;9182 Family of deceased barely has money to meet ends and couldn’t afford ambulance Pandemic-induced lockdown cost Pawan Kumar Sharma’s family a dignified last journey as they were forced to take him to the cremation ground in an e-rickshaw, fearing they wouldn’t afford ambulance fare. Pawan (40), a resident of Shastri Park, was unemployed because of his neurological treatment and his two brothers – Kishan (50) and Balram (48) – are street vendors. Pawan’s wife Lakshmi used to work in a factory in Gandhi Nagar but is out of work as the factory is shut.

Death in the Time of the Coronavirus: A Day Spent in Delhi s Crematoria

Death in the Time of the Coronavirus: A Day Spent in Delhi s Crematoria A reporter s account of crematoria in the national capital. Pyres at the Green Park crematorium. Photo: Indra Shekhar Singh Health8 hours ago A little sun and some rain made it an unusual May day. A cleaner Yamuna swelled with water and perhaps lost souls. But on her banks, the Sarai Kale Khan crematorium, with over 100 cremation pits, lay quite empty. It was 3 pm and only six bodies were burning. The wind blew east, but suddenly swerved towards a small reddish bench, making all its occupants – Bagh Narayan, 79-year-old living atlas, and the crematorium’s sweeper, Ram Lal, a cremation worker and I – savour earthly scents of

India s COVID-19 Cremation Crisis Calls for Stricter Policy as Bodies Dumped in Rivers Raise Alarm

India’s COVID-19 Cremation Crisis Calls for Stricter Policy as Bodies Dumped in Rivers Raise Alarm © REUTERS / DANISH SIDDIQUI Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202105211082954773-indias-covid-19-cremation-crisis-calls-for-stricter-policy-as-bodies-dumped-in-rivers-raise-alarm/ According to Hindu tradition, a dip in the River Ganges can wash away all sin. Similarly, immersing the ashes of the dead in the river can help them to reach salvation. Unfortunately, people have gone too far by disposing of the bodies of COVID-19 victims in the river without giving a thought about ecological balance. Earlier this month, thousands of dead bodies were found floating in the River Ganges or buried along its banks in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. These bodies were believed to be of people who died of COVID-19.

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