Telangana: Group of volunteers steps in to aid Covid-hit families in Korutla

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: Aug 13, 2021, 10:49 IST

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A group of volunteers in Korutla of Jagtial district performed the last rites of a 60-year-old woman who had died of Covid-19. Fearing that they too might contract the virus, the family members hesitated to conduct the final rites.

Telangana: Group of volunteers steps in to aid Covid-hit families in Korutla

The volunteers who wore PPE suits went to the house of the woman and conducted the last rites as per Hindu rites.

HYDERABAD: A group of volunteers in Korutla of Jagtial district performed the last rites of a 60-year-old woman who had died of Covid-19. Fearing that they too might contract the virus, the family members hesitated to conduct the final rites.
The volunteers belonging to Bilalpur New Welfare Society led by Muneer and Yousuf responded to the request of the family for help.
The volunteers who wore PPE suits went to the house of the woman and conducted the last rites as per Hindu rites. Since last year, the group has conducted the final rites of 308 Covid-19 death victims as per Hindu rites and that of 147 victims as per Muslim tradition.
Muneer told TOI that the group has responded to requests from not only Korutla and its surrounding villages but also other districts.

“We take all precautions as per Covid-19 protocols. We have never refused a request for help,” Muneer said.
Earlier this month, on August 3, a 70-year-old woman died of Covid-19 in Chintakunta village. The Bilalpur society carried out the last rites. That morning, another Covid-19 death took place in Chinna Metpally village and the group of volunteers helped in the cremation as the family chose to stay away because of fear of Covid-19.

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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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