Heavy rain in Prayagraj stops cremations at Phaphamau ghat

The Prayagraj administration, which was cremating the bodies at Phaphamau ghat to prevent them from floating downstream, was forced to stop after heavy rain in the city flooded the ghat.

Incessant rainfall in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj has forced a halt to cremations along the Phaphamau ghat of the Ganga river. The Prayagraj administration had earlier decided to cremate the bodies along the banks to prevent them from floating downstream. In the last 24 days, the municipal corporation cremated 150 bodies.