For the first time in nearly two months, there were no bodies brought to the crematoriums in Delhi, which were inundated with corpses of people those who succumbed to the fourth wave of the deadly Covid-19 virus outbreak that had gripped the national capital from April this year.
According to East MCD records, the number of cremations during the rest of the days were also very less compared to the situation over the last two months when the city’s crematorium workers were overwhelmed with hundreds of bodies of those who succumbed to Covid.
Mayor of East MCD Nirmal Jain told a news agency that the situation is much better now. He said, “I thank God for this relief to people. I am daily getting the data from cremation centres. From past 2-3 days, there are zero cases of cremation as per the COVID Protocol.”
“There is some relief now than before. We did not receive Covid bodies for the last two to four days. Earlier, we used to cremate 25 to 27 COVID bodies every day,” said Karkardooma cremation ground worker Virender.
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Another crematorium worker Rohit, who is a CNG operator at Karkardooma cremation ground said: “Now the situation is quite normal. But earlier, there was no space even for standing there at the cremation centre. The situation was very bad. I pray people do not see such a situation again.”
