After a 47-year-old man from Veeyapuram died on July 5 after he met with an accident at Edathua, his grieving family had to wait till July 13 to cremate the body as his house got inundated in floodwaters.
Around the same time, another family from Thalavady had to build a temporary platform with bricks in their flooded courtyard for cremating a loved one. There was also an instance of the final rites of a person held on a bridge earlier this week.
Recurring floods in low-lying Kuttanad and upper Kuttanad are causing further agony for bereaved families as submerged surroundings, crematoriums and graveyards are making it impossible to accord departed souls a respectful funeral.
