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Delhi: Punjabi Bagh crematorium runs out of space; COVID death bodies shifted to Nigambodh

AGENCIES / NEW DELHI

The Punjabi Bagh cremation ground, currently reserved for Covid funerals, had to divert bodies to other facilities on Thursday as it reached its capacity during the day.
Standing committee head of South MCD, Bhupender Gupta, said the cremation ground has a capacity for 65 bodies but it had received 73 until 3 pm on Thursday. “The surplus had to be shifted to other facilities so that people who have lost their relatives don’t have to wait,” he said.
An official at the cremation ground, too, said, “There is no space here. There are other facilities in Delhi; we suggest one goes there.”
Data from the South MCD shows that the cremation ground received 65 bodies on Wednesday, 65 on Tuesday and 48 on Monday.