Itahari sub-metropolis providing free cremation for the needy.

 

kathmandu- The Itahari Sub-metropolitan City in Sunsari district has provided free cremation service to 104 indigent individuals. Mayor Hemkarna Poudel said the sub-metropolis has been providing various logistical support for the cremation of the body if any member of the needy family died. He said the sub-metropolis provides firewood for the funeral pyre and other articles as well as exempting the funeral service charges in such instances.

Before this, the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City had been providing free hearse service for transporting body from home to the local cremation site at Budhiganga-Jamuna Mukti Ghat. According to him, the free cremation service would be provided to the families that cannot afford the cremation cost. The sub-metropolis has also been providing free ambulance service in all its 20 wards and the free cremation service will also be available in all the wards.