Covid-19 crisis: Bengaluru crematorium workers, gravediggers work non-stop despite pending salaries
Like many other parts of the country, Bengaluru has been overwhelmed by an incremental rise in coronavirus cases and deaths.
TW: Visuals of corpses, graves, pyres and funerals
— Firstpost (@firstpost) May 10, 2021
Watch: Gravediggers and crematorium workers in Bengaluru are working around the clock as dead bodies keep piling up.
Space is running out as is the money owed to these workers, for several months now.
Report by @alitheasm pic.twitter.com/CEHk73RYAt
After Susheelamma, a powrakarmika in Banaswadi, #Bengaluru passed away from COVID on Wednesday, the powrakarmika workers observed mourning for the untimely demise of Susheelamma today. @IndianExpress @DarshanDevaiahB pic.twitter.com/EYqHUUiH18
— Express Bengaluru (@IEBengaluru) May 6, 2021
WOMAN BEGS FOR BED OUTSIDE CM RESIDENCE
— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) May 6, 2021
In #Bengaluru, a woman was seen pleading for Covid bed for her husband outside CM's residence. She says she is willing to pay if a bed is arranged. After 30 minutes,CM office arranged for a bed but patient died by then.
Sreeja MS reports! pic.twitter.com/Gb0RHpQpJP