Mass funerals turn Kedarnath into crematorium

June 24, 2013 13:45

The Centre has urged the Uttarakhand government to conduct mass cremations at Kedarnath, one of the worst flood-hit regions in Uttarakhand, as the bodies of the victims who died in the disaster have started decomposing.

Uttarakhand authorities are trying to arrange for as much as 50 tonnes of wood and as much volume of desi ghee to conduct the last rites of those who perished in the deluge.

Officials of the Garhwal administration have asked authorities in the state forest department and other agencies to gather firewood and logs and get cans of ghee from the open market.

"We want to start the funerals today in Kedarnath provided the weather permits. All concerned authorities have been asked to make arrangements," a senior state government official said.

The state government will put up the photographs and panchnamas on its website of all the victims who will be cremated today.

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