Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 4: In three separate meetings of three communities held at Pumandal today an appeal was made to the administration that effective steps be taken to enforce the ban on cremation of dead bodies in Devika near the Shiv Temple at Purmandal.
The appeal was made in the separate meetings organized at Purmandal by Ramdasia, Mahasha and Bhagat community members of the area. They said that the members of these communities have been cremating the dead bodies down streams of holy Devika but some outsiders use to cremate the dead bodies near holy temple creating an inconvenience to the devotees visiting there to pay obeisance.
In the meetings members observed though the steps taken by district administration regarding enforcement of ban on cremation of dead bodies near the temple were lauded, said 90 percent dead bodies are cremated at Cremation Ground constructed by the administration while 10 percent dead bodies are still cremated in the holy Devika near Shiv Temple causing a problem to devotees visiting the temple and those who want to take a dip in the waters of Devika.
The meetings demanded that the order be implemented strictly and no dead body be allowed to be cremated in the Devika.
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