Gujarat, like every state in India, is under a severe Coronacrisis. The number of deaths is overwhelming the crematoriums and cemeteries.
To perform the last rites, now wood is in short supply. So,to manage, now sugar industry has been called on for arranging sugarcane bagasse.
This bagasse is used to compensate the shortage of wood byfilling it in between the logs of wood.
Slots for the pyres are being prepared in advance and to helpmaintain dignity of the last rites, the sugar industry is providing bagasse forfree as per the requirement per crematorium.
The waiting time is about 4 hours. On anticipating rise in waitingtime, the last rites are being performed in Bardoli crematorium.
Surat, along with rural areas is witnessing a rise in numberof Corona cases. The daily cases have risen to about 3,000. In the last 24hours, 2817 new cases have been reported in which the number of active cases hasreached 19884. Also, 27 people succumbed to the pandemic on Friday.
On Friday 101 dead bodies were cremated under Covidguidelines, whereas government figures report only 27 deaths.