Maha Family conducts funeral in candle light as power outage throws crematorium in darkness
Thane Oct 23 PTI A family had to perform the last rites of its deceased member in candle light at a crematorium in Kalyan of Maharashtras Thane district as disruption in power supply resulted in darkness at the facility one of the relatives said on Saturday The cremation was conducted at Vitthalwadi crematorium on Thursday night he said An elderly woman member of the family died at Khadegolawali in Kalyan east late evening on Thursday Her family members took her body to the crematorium But they were shocked to find that there was complete darkness as the lights were not working there due to lack of power supply he added Since the family members did not want the last rites to get delayed they purchased some candles and completed the cremation in that light the relative added Rahul Katkar a social worker from the locality brought this incident to the notice of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation KDMC officials and demanded that corrective steps be taken such incidents dont recur in future and the family members of the deceased dont have to suffer Civic officials were not available for comment PTI COR NP NP
Thane Oct 23 PTI A family had to perform the last rites of its deceased member in candle light at a crematorium in Kalyan of Maharashtras Thane district as disruption in power supply resulted in darkness at the facility one of the relatives said on Saturday The cremation was conducted at Vitthalwadi crematorium on Thursday night he said An elderly woman member of the family died at Khadegolawali in Kalyan east late evening on Thursday Her family members took her body to the crematorium But they were shocked to find that there was complete darkness as the lights were not working there due to lack of power supply he added Since the family members did not want the last rites to get delayed they purchased some candles and completed the cremation in that light the relative added Rahul Katkar a social worker from the locality brought this incident to the notice of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation KDMC officials and demanded that corrective steps be taken such incidents dont recur in future and the family members of the deceased dont have to suffer Civic officials were not available for comment PTI COR NP NP
