Residents protest last rites at cemetery

Vijayapura: Condemning the burial of a Covid victim, the residents of Chalukya Nagar and surrounding areas here sealed down the burial ground on Monday.
Claiming that the cemetery belongs to Siddeshwar Education Society, the residents said government personnel, wearing PPEs, performed the last rites of a Covid victim. “We have resolved not to conduct last rites at the cemetery until Covid crisis is over,” they said, and also shut the gate of the cemetery.
Meanwhile, sources in district administration have said that over 30 government employees engaged in Covid-19 tasks have been infected.“According to the test reports that came on Sunday, 14 police personnel deployed at containment areas, 18 city municipal corporation staff, 3 health department staff and 2 staff from Water Board are infected,” they added.