Carry ashes to Haridwar with movement pass

Parveen Arora

Tribune News Service

Karnal, May 9

The wait for ‘moksha’ of hundreds who died before and during the lockdown is going to end as the administration has allowed immersion of ashes in Haridwar. They have to apply for movement pass on the Saral Haryana portal.

“Since the Uttarakhand Government has allowed immersion of ashes in the Ganga, we have allowed the provision of movement pass. Family members have to apply on the portal,” said Nishant Kumar Yadav, District Magistrate.

“We understand the pain and agony of people who have been waiting for immersion of ashes of their beloved ones, but were not able to allow it due to lockdown restrictions,” he said. Following the decision, residents thanked the district authorities.

Pardeep Mehta of Kunjpura said his father Subhash Mehta died on March 25, but they could not go to Haridwar for immersion of ashes due to restrictions.

“We have kept the ashes on the cremation ground premises and will go to Haridwar for immersion now. I thank the administration as my father is waiting for ‘moksha’,” he said.

“My mother died last month and her ashes are yet to be immersed due to restrictions. I will now go so that my mother gets ‘moksha’,” said Sonu, a local resident.

Raj Kumar of the Jan Sewa Dal Trust, cremating unidentified bodies for the last several years, said the ashes of over 200 persons who died before and during the lockdown were kept at cremation grounds in the district and they would get ‘moksha’ now.