June 4, 2021 7:43 PM

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Social activist and Sarpanch of Ranmala village in Maharashtra allow their 8 acre land to be used for cremation of COVID patients

<span style="color: #222222;">There have been umpteen instances of villagers preventing cremation or burial of COVID-19 patients fearing infection from dead bodies. Though experts have ruled out such possibility vigorously, people are unable to overcome this misunderstanding. It has led to many incidents of attacks on relatives of dead patients by villagers. In such a dark situation, a rare display of social binding has come to light in Dhule district, in which social activist Pravin Agrawal and Sarpanch of Ranmala village Pravin Pawar have allowed the administration to use their eight acre land for cremation of COVID patients to bring dignity in death. But they have made it clear that they have given their land for cremation only on a temporary basis and with the end of the Corona pandemic, they will take it back. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They have made a shade and facilities like water and sitting arrangement have been provided for the relatives of dead patients with. It is said that, approximately, 800 bodies have been cremated here so far. The Governor of Maharashtra, Mr. Bhagat Singh Koshiari had also taken note of Mr. Agrawal's generosity towards society and he had felicitated him as a Corona warrior.</span><br />''  <br />

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