The CRS data released by the Indian government on Tuesday show that India registered 8.1 million deaths in all in 2020, which is an increase of 470,000 deaths over 2019.
A bench of Justices Amjad Sayyad and G S Kulkarni was hearing a plea filed by six housing societies in Pune, highlighting the rise in air pollution due to the increase in the number of cremations.
Protect rights of the dead: Plea in SC raises overcharging for cremations, ambulance services
It said that the National Human Rights Commission issued an advisory recently for upholding the dignity and protecting the rights of the dead.
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NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court raising the issue of alleged overcharging for cremations and ambulance services during the
COVID-19 pandemic and seeking a direction to the Centre to consider formulating a policy to protect the rights of the dead.
Referring to reports about several bodies found floating in the river Ganga, the plea said the Centre should be directed to advise all states and Union Territories (UTs) to frame guidelines prescribing rates for cremation or burial of those who have died due to the deadly virus and also for ambulance services along with penal actions for non-compliance at the earliest.
Delhi Running Out Of Space For Funerals Amid Record Covid Deaths Today, Delhi recorded 350 deaths, yesterday it was 357, and 348 the day before that. The average number of Covid deaths in the past week was 304.
Updated: April 26, 2021 3:40 pm IST
Like Delhi, many other cities in India are facing a shortage of space for the last rites of the dead
New Delhi:
With over 350 deaths being recorded every day in recent days, Delhi has less and less space to cremate its dead. So much so that new facilities, even if temporary, sites are being developed to cater to the pandemic s increasing number of victims.
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Noida: Between April 1 and 23, when the official death toll inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic stood at 137 in Gautam Budh Nagar, there were 1,185 cremations following Covid protocols at the two CNG furnaces in Antim Niwas, the crematorium’s records show.
The two CNG furnaces at the crematorium in Noida’s Sector 94 are being used solely for Covid patients. Crematorium managers said most bodies were brought there from hospitals in Gautam Budh Nagar, and about 25% were from hospitals in neighbouring NCR districts like Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Meerut, Mathura, Gurgaon, Faridabad, etc.
Cremation of Covid patients is being carried out using traditional ways too. This data is not captured in the number of cremations at the two CNG furnaces. Non-Covid cremations are also taking place at Antim Niwas, on the platforms meant for pyres.