435 bodies in Nigambodh Ghat during 4-day peak heatwave
The Morning Standard|June 22, 2024
A comparison can be odious, but the spell of extreme heatwave that swept across the national capital in the last few days appeared frighteningly close to Covid-19-like situation, if body bags brought to Nigambodh Ghat, Delhi's largest crematorium, are an indication.
ASHISH SRIVASTAVA

As many as 435 corpses were brought to the "last resting place" between June 18 and 21. Crematorium officials said the count is 225 more than the four days' average.

On June 18, 97 bodies came for the final rites. On June 19, about 142 pyres were burnt at Nigambodh ghat. This figure is nearly thrice the average number of bodies that came to the ghat, and the highest daily toll since the pandemic when 253 cremations took place in a single day, according to officials.

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