In Pictures: How New Delhi's Biggest Crematorium Is Struggling With Coronavirus Victims
While in countries like Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK, the peak of the pandemic occurred within weeks of the national lockdown. In India, however, 90 days have passed since the lockdown was imposed, but the peak has not yet come. India is one of the hardest-hit countries from the coronavirus with about 240,000 cases and more than 6,700 dead.
After rising new cases coronavirus, virus fatalities are also increasing across the country and that h...Read More
While in countries like Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK, the peak of the pandemic occurred within weeks of the national lockdown. In India, however, 90 days have passed since the lockdown was imposed, but the peak has not yet come. India is one of the hardest-hit countries from the coronavirus with about 240,000 cases and more than 6,700 dead.
After rising new cases
coronavirus, virus fatalities are also increasing across the country and that has put pressure on the crematorium facilities. Here's how New Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat crematorium is struggling with coronavirus victims.
Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi
Workers?
at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground in New Delhi,? ?rebuild furnaces to meet the increased need for cremations, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before The Cremation
Workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) push a stretcher with the body of a person who died from COVID-19, before the cremation in a furnace at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground in New Delhi.?
Precaution
Authorities have ordered victims to be incinerated in modern furnaces as a precaution against infection, as anxiety grows over the spread of the disease.
Working Overtime
The Nigambodh Ghat has been working overtime since the Indian capital became a pandemic hotspot.
Queues Of Mourners
Queues of mourners waited in the summer heat at the entrance to New Delhi's biggest crematorium, as a backlog of coronavirus victims inside test the nerves of hard-pressed workers.
Behind A Screen
In front of the furnaces, the mourners stand behind a screen, their masked faces revealing only eyes brimming with tears.
Mounting Death Toll
The committee that runs Nigambodh Ghat says the crematorium has handled more than 500 coronavirus funerals in two months.
Extended Hours
The rising number of bodies arriving from hospitals has forced the facility, situated next to the city's historic Red Fort, to extend its opening hours. Funerals start at 8:00 am and go on late into the night.
Overloaded With Virus Victims
The pressure is being felt all around. Some ambulances are bringing four or five bodies at a time from hospitals where mortuaries are reportedly overloaded with virus victims.
Hundreds Of More Victims Died In Delhi
According to official figures, about 650 have died in Delhi, but media and cemetery officials say there have been hundreds of more victims in the city.
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