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    Home / News / India News / Long wait at crematoriums in Gujarat amid COVID-19 surge
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    Long wait at crematoriums in Gujarat amid COVID-19 surge

    Long wait at crematoriums in Gujarat amid COVID-19 surge
    Written by Varnika Sharma
    (PTI desk)
    Apr 14, 2021, 06:17 pm 3 min read
    Long wait at crematoriums in Gujarat amid COVID-19 surge

    Relatives of COVID-19 victims as well as those who died of other ailments are forced to wait for hours for performing the last rites as many crematoriums in Gujarat are witnessing a huge rush since the last week. Hindus generally do not cremate the dead after sunset but many of them are left with no other option, officials said on Thursday.

    People forced to cremate the deceased during the night

    Two days back, around 25 bodies were cremated simultaneously on wood pyres at night in a crematorium in the Umra area of Surat city. In Vadodara also, people were forced to cremate the deceased during the night due to the huge rush at some crematoriums, Vadodara Municipal Corporation's standing committee chairman Hitendra Patel said.

    Authorities have added metal pyres in some crematoriums

    To tackle the situation and reduce the waiting period, authorities have added metal pyres in some crematoriums and also started defunct facilities. In Ahmedabad city, relatives of some of the deceased claimed they had to wait for over eight hours for cremation. A huge rush was seen at Vadaj and Dudheshwar crematoriums, two of the major facilities, in the last couple of days.

    Man recounts scene he witnessed at a crematorium

    A person, who stood in a queue on Tuesday to attend the last rites of his relative at the Vadaj facility, said that seven bodies were brought to the crematorium between 8 am and noon. "All had to wait for their turn," he said, adding, though he arrived early in the morning for the cremation of his relative, their turn came in the evening.

    'Everyone is waiting for eight to nine hours'

    People are facing similar problems at the crematorium in the Dudheshwar area of Ahmedabad. Jaydeepsinh Parmar, a relative of a COVID-19 victim, said first they had to wait for an ambulance to bring the body to the crematorium and then for another eight-nine hours for the last rites. "On average, everyone is waiting for eight to nine hours," he said.

    Another eight crematoriums permitted two days back in Vadodara

    To resolve the issue of long queues, the Vadodara Municipal Corporation recently installed 35 new metal pyres in crematoriums to accommodate more bodies, the civic body's standing committee head Hitendra Patel said. "Earlier, we had permitted four crematoriums in Vadodara city to handle bodies of COVID-19 patients. Now, looking at the rush, we allowed another eight crematoriums two days back," he said.

    75 additional metal trays for the collection of ashes

    Patel said in seven crematoriums, where there has been a huge rush, they have installed 35 additional metal pyres, on which bodies are placed along with wooden logs. "We have also supplied 75 additional metal trays for the collection of ashes under the pyres. This will speed up the cremation process," he said. With this, the waiting period has come down significantly, he added.

    Surat: Two new crematoriums have been operationalized

    In Surat, two new crematoriums have been operationalized to ease the situation, including the city's oldest Ashvini Kumar Crematorium, which handles around 90 bodies daily. Additionally, two defunct crematoriums, one at Pal and another in the Limbayat area, were also opened, the crematorium's manager, Prashant Kabrawala, said, adding, that it has reduced the waiting time from five hours to about two hours.

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