Patna (Bihar):The second wave of Covid-19 has crippled the country badly, and has scattered a lot of families. The Covid patients have been facing a shortage of oxygen, hospital beds and medicines. People are literally being looted in the name of medical facilities, and now undertakers are also demanding large amounts for cremations.
The journey to the crematorium after death is even more frightening. The family of the deceased not only wait in long lines but also pay a hefty amount. Not only this, the rate of everything in the crematorium has been fixed.
ETV Bharat took stock of the situation at the Bans Ghat in Patna where the are fixed for the cremation of bodies. Even, a package has been made by the brokers. The group of brokers includes ambulance drivers to shopkeepers inside and outside.
Earlier, the government has ordered free treatment and cremation for Covid patients, but despite that, the undertakers are demanding 15,000 rupees for the cremation.