Coronavirus | Middlemen at crematorium fleecing kin of COVID victims
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May 12, 2021 12:46 IST
People allege they are demanding ₹15,000 to ₹20,000 to conduct final rites against the official rate of ₹3,000
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People are reportedly paying the amount being demanded by middlemen to avoid arguments. File. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak
People allege they are demanding ₹15,000 to ₹20,000 to conduct final rites against the official rate of ₹3,000
With the increase in COVID-19 deaths in the city, private ambulance staff and middlemen are cashing in on the situation. The middlemen have been allegedly charging ₹15,000 to ₹20,000 to conduct the final rites of a person who died of the coronavirus. Family members of the deceased allege that the ambulance staff and the workers at the crematorium at Gnanapuram are working in cahoots.
‘This can be done by increasing the number of beds at the hospitals of PSUs’
The CPI(M) has appealed to District Collector V. Vinay Chand to increase the amenities for COVID-19 patients in view of the rapid increase in the number of positive cases in the district.
In a memorandum submitted to the Collector on Monday, party State secretariat member Ch. Narasinga Rao and city secretary B. Ganga Rao said that the number of oxygen beds should be increased by at least three times in view of the exponential rise in cases. They suggested that this can be done by increasing the beds at the hospitals of public sector units like Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), Visakhapatnam Port, Hindustan Shipyard Limited and BHEL. The allocation of beds in the CSR Block of KGH should be regulated.
3 major projects in city await inaugural
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The NAD flyover, MLCP and waste-to-energy plant are nearing completion
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The GVMC will supply 900 to 1,000 tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste daily to the waste-to-energy plant at Kapuluppada in Visakhapatnam.
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The NAD flyover, MLCP and waste-to-energy plant are nearing completion
The city is keenly awaiting the inaugural of three major projects the NAD flyover, a Waste-to-Energy recycling plant at Kapuluppada, and a Multi-Level Car Parking Project (MLCP).
While the flyover project is under the purview of the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA), the Waste-to-Energy plant and the MLCP are being taken up by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). Officials said that all the projects are in the final phase of construction.