Overwhelmed crematoriums mar last rites of Covid deceased

Lack of amenities including a shortage of firewood for burial and priests to perform the last rites of the deceased are raising serious concerns.

New Delhi/Ghaziabad:With the number of people dying from Covid-19 continues to see a steep rise in the national capital and adjoining regions including Ghaziabad, crematoriums are operating round the clock.

Lack of amenities including a shortage of firewood for burial and priests to perform the last rites of the deceased are raising serious concerns.

Heartwrenching images which emerge from the crematorium here have exposed the ground realities. While pyres burn continuously, long queues of people with dead bodies to cremate continue to grow longer front of crematoriums.