Telangana: Karimnagar civic body offers funeral for Re 1 for poor Covid-19 victims

Under the “Antim Yatra-Aakhri Safar” scheme, the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation (KMC) offers funeral services to the poor and needy for as little as Re 1.

To ensure that the last rites of the poor and needy are performed with dignity amid the Covid-19 crisis, a civic body in Telangana's Karimnagar district has come up with a scheme to provide funeral services for as little as Re 1. Under the scheme named, “Antim Yatra- Aakhri Safar”, the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation (KMC) will take care of transportation of bodies to the crematorium or burial grounds, rituals, arranging firewood, kerosene, and other material required. For poor people belonging to other religions, the corporation will allocate space for burial of the mortal remains besides arranging required materials.