Funeral in front of the school – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion Even though the government runs many schemes for the development of rural areas, but even today Many villages of Damoh district are looking forward to development. Alam is that in a village of Damoh there is not even a cremation ground to light pyres. The last rites of the people are being performed in the premises of the government school. From Damoh District Headquarters The last rites are being performed in the Government Primary School premises of Surkhi village, located km away. Children also shy away from going to school due to fear due to the burning of dead bodies. In fact, due to non-availability of a cremation ground in the village, the last rites of any person are performed in the school premises and this process continues for many years. The last rites are performed at the same place where children sing the national anthem in the school. When the dead body reaches the school premises for the last rites during school hours, the teachers are forced to take leave. The headmaster of the school, Kampu Prasad Patel, says that when the pyre burns, the children get scared and the foul smell makes it difficult to even stand in the school. There is no cremation ground in the surrounding four villages
Village Panchayat Mahesh Upadhyay, the sarpanch of Surkhi, says that there are four villages in my gram panchayat, but cremation grounds have not been built in all the four villages and the last rites are being performed here for the last several years. Talked to the district officials to stop cremation in the school premises, but no solution has been found so far. The day the cremation takes place, children do not come to school for two or three days due to fear. Complaints have also been made to the senior officials, but the arrangements for cremation could not be done. The Sarpanch says that his first priority is to build a crematorium in the village. in the words of the villagers Villager Kashiram, says Gulab Singh There is no crematorium in the village for the last rites, the last rites are performed in the school premises. If a dead body is burnt in front of children, they do not go to school for many days due to fear. Not in the knowledge of the officer750
Damoh District CEO Vinod Jain says that I did not know about this till now. The cremation of the dead body in the school premises is surprising. The matter has come to cognizance, so immediate action will be taken in this matter. ,