Prayagraj: The swollen Ganges and Yamuna not only affect the population of the city of Sangam, but also made the cremation of the dead.
Both the cremation of Rasoolabad and Daraganj Ghats from the city were immersed in flood water since 10 days now, and Pyres are being established on the concrete road.
In addition, because of continuous rain and cloudy conditions, there is a scarcity of dry wood for cremation.
There is an increase in the number of people using electrical crematoriums to carry out the last ceremony.
In Ghats the cremation of Rasoolabad and Daraganj, flood water has subjugated not only a cremation platform but has also reached the path of the approach.
The cremation process has been stopped at GHAT kakarhaghat which is also filled with water.
Local Corporator Sahil Arora said that cremation was being carried out on a higher platform near Ghat.
The situation in Kanhaipur Ghat is also the same.
The body is cremated in the nearest temple place.
Local Corporator Deepak Kushwaha said that on public demand, a new site must be resolved for cremation.
In Daraganj, cremation is being carried out on the slopes of Dam Veni.
Shivsebak Singh, the local corporator, said that the electric cremator of Shankarghat and Daraganjanj was extraordinarily crowded because Ghats cremation was flooded with flood water.
People have to wait for hours in electrical crematoriums to complete cremation, he added.
The large amount of wood has been wet because of the rain that was unrelenting for the past three days.
Even on Thursday, the city has no bright sunlight.
A pile of wood wood has been stored next to the road to Ghats.
The family that brought the body of the person they loved had to wait on the main road because the whole Ghat was submerged under the flooded ganga.
“If not the last wish of my mother, I will do the last right in the electrical crematorium.
But this is where I was stranded from Ghat since 9am and was still waiting for my turn because each Pyre took about four hours due to the damp wood logs,” said Yogesh, a local.
Ganga and Yamuna inhibit cremation in Ghats
