Pet crematorium to be used for last rites of COVID patients
The Hindu
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With the sole crematorium located in its vicinity overburdened and forced to function beyond capacity over the last 11 days, another facility intended to be the Capital’s first funeral venue for pet animals will be utilised for the last rites of COVID-19 patients. This is despite the capacity of the Dwarka Sector-24 crematorium having been more than doubled — increased by 140% to be exact — between April 19 and April 29 and witnessed the last rites of over 400 people, who lost their lives to the virus.More Related News
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