Malkangiri: In another instance of failure of the Mahaprayana Yojana (Hearse Scheme), a dead body was carried on a motorcycle from Kudumulugumma hospital to Nuaguda village in Malkangiri after the kin of the deceased were denied a hearse van by hospital authorities. After complaining of chest pain, Bhagban of Nuaguda village was rushed to the […]
Kalahandi: In August 2016, Kalahandi hogged headlines after a man, Dana Majhi, walked for 10 kilometres with his wife’s corpse on his shoulder after being denied a hearse vehicle. Nothing seems to have changed for the people residing in the remote areas as cases of disrespect to the dead fail to die down even after […]
Ganjam: Though the Odisha government claims to have launched the ‘Mahaprayana’ scheme to facilitate the transport of dead bodies from hospitals, family members of a woman who died at a hospital in Ganjam alleged that they had to carry her body on shoulders for 2 kms to reach home as no transport facility was available […]
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