MP Unclaimed ashes of 57 coronavirus victims immersed in river by crematorium after months of wait
Bhopal Sep 26 PTI A crematorium in Bhopal on Sunday immersed the ashes of 57 coronavirus victims in the Narmada river as the family members of these deceased failed to collect their cremated remains for months its office-bearers said Madhya Pradesh has so far registered 10518 COVID-19 deaths most of them during the second wave of the pandemic Vishram Ghat Trust and Sewa Sanskar Samiti on Sunday immersed the ashes of 57 persons who died due to COVID-19 but their ashes were not collected by their families after the funerary rituals Shobhraj Sukhwani manager of Subhash Nagar Vishram Ghat crematorium told PTI He said the family members of these deceased had failed to collect the ashes due to the pandemic situation So after waiting for months the asthiyan cremated remains were collected and immersed in the Narmada river in Hoshangabad with all the rituals he said Vishram Ghat Trust president Ramesh Sharma Guttu said the priests performed all Hindu rituals before the immersion of ashes in the river We will also hold tarpan ritual for the peace of the departed souls he said In July this year the management committee of Bhopals Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat had decided to develop a park using 21 truckloads of ashes of those who died due to COVID-19 infection during the second wave of the pandemic The decision to develop a park on 12000 sq ft of land was taken after their relatives failed to collect them PTI ADU NP NP
Bhopal Sep 26 PTI A crematorium in Bhopal on Sunday immersed the ashes of 57 coronavirus victims in the Narmada river as the family members of these deceased failed to collect their cremated remains for months its office-bearers said Madhya Pradesh has so far registered 10518 COVID-19 deaths most of them during the second wave of the pandemic Vishram Ghat Trust and Sewa Sanskar Samiti on Sunday immersed the ashes of 57 persons who died due to COVID-19 but their ashes were not collected by their families after the funerary rituals Shobhraj Sukhwani manager of Subhash Nagar Vishram Ghat crematorium told PTI He said the family members of these deceased had failed to collect the ashes due to the pandemic situation So after waiting for months the asthiyan cremated remains were collected and immersed in the Narmada river in Hoshangabad with all the rituals he said Vishram Ghat Trust president Ramesh Sharma Guttu said the priests performed all Hindu rituals before the immersion of ashes in the river We will also hold tarpan ritual for the peace of the departed souls he said In July this year the management committee of Bhopals Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat had decided to develop a park using 21 truckloads of ashes of those who died due to COVID-19 infection during the second wave of the pandemic The decision to develop a park on 12000 sq ft of land was taken after their relatives failed to collect them PTI ADU NP NP
