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Itahari sub-metropolis provides free cremation for the needy

SUNSARI, Nov 1: Itahari Sub-metropolitan City in Sunsari district has provided free cremation services to 104 indigent individuals.
By Republica

SUNSARI, Nov 1: Itahari Sub-metropolitan City in Sunsari district has provided free cremation services 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 bodies 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.


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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.


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