Former Mayor of Vadodara Sunil Solanki today presented gifts to the workers working in Khaswadi Cemetery to commemorate the wedding anniversary of his son as well as his own birthday. He honored the Corona warriors with a shawl and saree for working in the cemetery day and night without worrying about their health and families. In the early days, only two members of the family could attend the funeral and the workers of the Khaswadi cemetery stood with the families of the deceased at the funeral of all the bodies. At one time the final rites of the deceased began on a wooden pyre along with the gas pyre, cremations were performed all night. Even in such a scenario, the staff of the cemetery is on duty day and night.

Author-Shlok Talati