After witnessing the grim situation of people facing difficulties in cremation of Corona infected bodies in the State Capital, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has come forward to help people by arranging required things to cremate the bodies.
The deaths due to Corona infection have broken all records in Ranchi. In the last 10 days, there has been a huge increase in the number of bodies in the crematorium and cemetery of Ranchi. A record 60 bodies were cremated on Sunday.
On the instructions of Municipal Commissioner, Mukesh Kumar, a team of Ranchi Municipal Corporation ensured the cremation of 21 dead bodies at Swarnarekha Ghat in Ghagra after people waited for the whole day at the electric crematorium in Harmu, which went kaput. Proper amount of woods and necessary items, which are needed at the time burning the body, was also done on Sunday night.
The RMC has been working continuously keeping in mind all the standards for prevention of Covid-19 till date of finding the first Covid patient in Ranchi. Kumar also instructed to repair the electric body burning machine at Harmu Muktidham which is not working since Saturday due to which people had to wait for long.
Apart from 21Corona infected bodies, 35 bodies were burnt at five crematoriums and 13 were buried at Ratu Road and Kantatoli cemetery. The cremation of the dead bodies took place at Harmu Mukti Dham.
Now people are waiting long to cremate their relatives due to a long ambulance line with the dead body of Corona patients is witnessed outside the crematorium of Harmu Mukti Dham in the State Capital due to glitches in the machine. The condition of ambulance drivers is also getting worse. At the same time, the condition of dead bodies lying in ambulances due to heat is also expected to worsen.
After getting the information of this, the District Administration has given the necessary information in this regard to the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC). Also, it has been asked to repair it immediately, so that the cremation of the dead bodies can be done.
It may be mentioned here that the incinerator at Muktidham is operated by the RMC and it is being used to burn the dead bodies as per the Covid protocol. But due to the defect in the machine, more time is being spent in burning the dead bodies.