
A metal grill on the furnace at one such crematorium melted because of round-the-clock use, a macabre proof of the sharp rise fatalities.Īnd yet, the city of Surat has been reporting under 20 deaths a day. The high court in Gujarat has also filed a suo moto case and asked the government to explain how its numbers are grossly different from people’s accounts of the rise in infections and deaths.įor instance, in Gujarat’s merchant town Surat, crematoriums have been working overtime. In the western state of Gujarat, for instance, regional-language media has been upfront in its criticism of the government, which has been accused of downplaying the Covid-19 situation.
