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Ghazipur crematorium chief pandit and cremation manager Sunil Sharma speaking to ANI. [Photo/ANI]
Ashes of cremated Covid-19 victims pile up at Ghazipur crematorium as relatives hesitant to collect them ANI | Updated: May 15, 2021 19:08 IST
By Ajit K Jha
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Ashes of Covid-19 victims who were cremated are piling up at the Ghazipur crematorium here as relatives are hesitant to collect them due to the fear of contracting infection, said the chief priest and cremation manager.
Speaking to ANI, Ghazipur crematorium chief pandit and cremation manager Sunil Sharma said, As per Hindu religion, after a person is cremated, the ashes are collected in a vessel and immersed in the Ganga or other rivers within a period of time. The ashes of COVID patients who die due to the disease have piled up at the crematorium. Due to the fear of contracting COVID infection, people are not coming to the crematorium to collect the ashes
Being a Cremation Ground Wworker in Covid times
The quiet synonymous with a cremation ground is replaced by ambulance sirens, relatives in PPE suits and crackling of burning wood
Wednesday May 12, 2021 10:10 AM, Sukant Deepak, IANS
New Delhi: The shades of dusk are falling it is time to exit this space. But people continue to come in with their dead. The quiet synonymous with a cremation ground is replaced by ambulance sirens, relatives in PPE suits and crackling of burning wood.
The cremation grounds at Sector 25 in Chandigarh has never witnessed so many pyres ever since it was established decades back. Equipped to handle 50 cremations at a given time, it is running to almost full capacity ever since the second wave of Covid-19 struck.
Now, dead bodies found on Ganga banks in Ghazipur
Police officials said that following the incident, they have intensified river patrolling through boats
Tuesday May 11, 2021 8:01 PM, IANS
Patna/Ghazipur (UP): After Bihar s Buxar, around two dozen bodies were found on the banks of the Ganga at adjoining Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.
A.K. Pandey, the SHO of Gahmar police station in Ghazipur, told IANS that the bodies were found in a decomposed stage on the bank of the Ganga river. Preliminary investigation reveals that the dead bodies could be 18 to 20 days old. There were 23 dead bodies recovered from the river and some of the dead bodies were partially cremated and then thrown into the river.