BHOPAL: A park is being developed at a Hindu crematorium in MP’s Bhopal using the ashes of those who died due to Covid-19 infection during the second wave of the pandemic, its management committee has said.
The idea is being implemented at the Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat using 21 truckloads of the ashes of the deceased which kept lying at the facility as their relatives failed to collect them. The park will be developed on 12,000 square feet of land at the crematorium.
“Over 6,000 bodies were cremated at Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat between March 15 and June 15. Most of the family members collected the bones and left the ashes,” Mamtesh Sharma, its management committee secretary said.
“It was hard and not environmentfriendly to release the ashes into the Narmada river. So, this decision was taken,” he said. This garden is being developed using Japan’s ‘Miyawaki technique’ through which about 3,500-4,000 plants can be accommodated, he said.
