Lucknow: With the our bodies of deceased Covid-19 sufferers piling up in giant numbers, the Uttar Pradesh authorities on Saturday handed an order based on which it could maintain the funerals of all these individuals who died of the virus with out charging any cash. This authorities order could be relevant throughout the Municipal Corporation limits.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath introduced this resolution after reviewing the matter with Team Nine in regards to the exorbitant amount of cash charged for a funeral following demise on account of Covid-19 in a number of districts.
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Additional Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh has despatched a letter to all of the municipal firms and civic our bodies directing them to rearrange free funerals of deceased Covid sufferers falling throughout the limits of the city our bodies.
The municipal firms will bear the bills of funerals in any respect crematoriums, cemeteries, and cremation grounds falling throughout the limits of the company.
It has been made necessary to observe Covid-19 protocols whereas conducting such funerals.
The expenditure incurred on the funerals might be met by the city our bodies from their very own sources or from the State Finance Commission. A most quantity of Rs 5,000 might be spent on every funeral.
