Meanwhile, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, the Divya Bhaskar newspaper found that 123,000 death certificates were issued between March 1 and May 10 – about 65,000 more than the same period last year though the state reported 4,218 Covid-19 deaths.
The Gujarat Samachar reported that an average of 200 bodies are being cremated daily using 72 tonnes of wood in Vadodara, compared with an average 60 corpses using 21.6 tonnes of wood before the pandemic.
He said that the per day industry’s losses have gone up to Rs 1,600 crore in May from Rs 400 crore in the beginning of April as more states announced lockdown and lockdown-like restriction in the subsequent period amid the massive spike in Covid-19 infection cases in the country. ”In the first 15 days of April, the industry was facing Rs 400 crore per day, which rose to Rs 800 crore per day by April 30.
They have now doubled to Rs 1,600 crore per day till May 15. So, as of May 15, the industry’s cumulative losses were a whopping Rs 42,000 crore,” said Singh. He said that the rising diesel prices, besides the impact of the lockdown was adding to the woes of the industry.
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