Plea In Delhi Court Seeks Sufficient Infrastructure For Covid Victims' Dead Bodies
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The hearing was scheduled to be held on Wednesday but the concerned bench of the Delhi High Court didn't assembled so the matter adjourned for the next date of hearing.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was moved in Delhi High court seeking direction to Delhi Government and concerned Department to formulate a concrete plan with sufficient infrastructure to provide facilities to the people pertaining to the dead bodies probably infected from COVID-19 like a mortuary, funeral, transportation and handling facilities in this high time of urgency. The hearing was scheduled to be held on Wednesday but the concerned bench of the Delhi High Court didn't assembled so the matter adjourned for the next date of hearing. The petition was moved by Mujeeb Ur Rehman, a practicing lawyer, states that the people of Delhi need a dedicated facility from the government to help them in handling and transporting the dead bodies infected of Covid, mortuaries for such bodies, and funeral facilities. "Expecting that the general public will come out itself to do all these tasks will be a foolish thought as Covid being a highly infectious disease and high fear of being infected is keeping most of the people away from doing such social service," the plea reads.More Related News