Crematoriums need to be better prepared for outages
Updated On: 18 October, 2021 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Since it was impossible to wait, the family turned on their mobile phone flashlights to complete the last rites
Relatives perform last rites of the deceased in mobile phone’s flashlight. Pic/ Hanif Patel
A Nalasopara resident recently conducted the last rites of his mother in the flashlight of mobile phones, thanks to the dysfunctional power back-up at a crematorium run by the Vasai-Virar Municipal authorities. A report stated that the Samelpada crematorium needs urgent attention. As a body was rested on the pyre, the electricity went out. There was no generator or inverter available there.
Since it was impossible to wait, the family turned on their mobile phone flashlights to complete the last rites. One can imagine the plight of a traumatised family, which is already struggling to process emotions, being forced to cremate through phone light. Crematorium officials stated that the equipment was dysfunctional, but it should have been made functional in double quick time.
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