Patna, April 16 -- Keeping in view the number of deaths in Bihar, family members of the deceased are waiting two to three hours in cremation grounds to perform the last rites of their loved ones.

Moreover, the employees at the cremation grounds are allegedly extorting Rs 2000 to Rs 4000 for ambulance service and cremation of one body.

IANS visited the cremation grounds in Digha, Bas Ghat and Mahendru Gulbi Ghat to check the ground reality. A number of bodies were found inside these cremation grounds located on the banks of the Ganga river.

An active worker of the ruling political party named Rahul Kumar, came with a body to Bas Ghat and said that the state government and the local administration completely failed to provide basic facil...