BENGALURU: During the last two months, horrible images of mass cremations and lengthy queues of ambulances out crematoriums are etched in the minds of Bengalureans.
However, the lingering tragedy is that lots of families of people who perished are reluctant to pick up the ashes of their loved ones to the last rites.
As stated by the state authorities up to 1,400 people’s ashes remain to stay unclaimed at the 11 designated Covid-19 crematoriums.
“We’ve tried everything possible to convince their loved ones to pick up the ash, but to absolutely no avail.
We have been following up with them but nobody is prepared to react,” stated a sales department .
In actuality, officials indicate that lots of relatives, or people who brought the deceased into the crematoriums, have shifted their telephones.
While some worried the disease itself, many others are concerned about interdistrict traveling due to their lockdown that’s in force until June 7.
To alleviate the strain on individuals, the authorities on May 24 issued an order to parks administrations to permit families to return to areas like Sangama from Srirangapatna to submerge ashes, but without avail.
Left without a option, and not able to continue to ash for more as more individuals succumb to the virus, the government is very likely to think about mass closing rites for all of the unclaimed ashes.
“We might have a call from Wednesday and notify families that the authorities will conduct the last rites of those victims by devoting their ash at the Cauvery,” explained the officer.
Revenue ministry R Ashoka intends to do the bulk closing rites as most are not prepared to return with this.
“A lot of those families are fearful and under the incorrect impression they might get contaminated if they go into the crematoriums.
I will think about the prospect of doing it ,” he explained.