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Extended crematorium hours: Govt on disposing Covid-19 victim's bodies

. The Delhi government told the court that the LNJP hospital is being authorised to divert bodies to crematoriums at Panchkuian and Punjab Bagh, as opposed to only Nigambodh Ghat

Medics collect Swab sample of COVID-19 patients and walk towards Laboratory at Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH), during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in Guwahati on Wednesday.
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Medics collect Swab sample of COVID-19 patients and walk towards Laboratory at Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital (MMCH), during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in Guwahati on Wednesday.

BS Web Team New Delhi
A day after the Delhi High Court expressed anguish over the backlog in disposing of the dead bodies of Covid-19 victims, the AAP government informed that it has extended the working hours of crematoriums. The backlog is result of non-functioning of CNG furnaces at the crematoriums in Delhi

Now instead of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m, they will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Delhi government told the court that the LNJP hospital is being authorised to divert bodies to crematoriums at Panchkuian and Punjab Bagh, as opposed to only Nigambodh Ghat.

"Urgent steps were taken to