Last rites: Electric crematorium less preferred

By Aastha Karmacharya,Kathmandu, July 30: How many bodies are cremated at Pashupati Aryaghat in a year? Making an exact prediction is a difficult task as the number of deaths could be high during natural calamities or pandemics. In 2015, when a powerful earthquake jolted the valley, over 533 bodies of those killed in the devastating earthquake were cremated, and in 2021, when COVID-19 pandemic spread, 13,402 bodies were brought for cremation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, all the cremation ghats used to be occupied all the time.