Bodies incinerated at one crematorium outnumber Odisha’s total COVID-19 toll
The Hindu
A total of 4,473 bodies were cremated at Satya Nagar crematorium in 2020.
At a time when controversy continues to rage over under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths, one crematorium in Odisha was found to have recorded 3,978 bodies in the second half of 2020 — twice the State’s total COVID-19 toll during the corresponding period. Information provided by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in response to an RTI application says a total of 4,473 bodies were cremated at Satya Nagar crematorium in 2020. Odisha reported its first COVID-19 death on April 8. In the first six months of 2020 (January to June), the average number of cremations per month was 83 at the Satya Nagar crematorium.
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