Grief and anger as Covid victims overwhelm Delhi’s crematoriums

As bodies pile up at the Ghazipur crematorium, staff and relatives turn their ire on the Modi government

The bodies came, one after another, after another, after another. So many bodies that the ambulances and trucks carrying them into the cemetery blocked traffic.

In Delhi, a city where someone dies from Covid-19 every four minutes, every day is a battle not just for hospital beds but for a space to say goodbye to the dead with dignity.

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