Chandigarh: Amid rising COVID-19 related fatalities, the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has come up with an eco-friendly cremation cart, fitted with stainless steel insulation for ensuring no heat loss and less wood consumption. The cart has been developed in collaboration with a company Cheema Boilers Limited, a university release said on Thursday (May 13). “The technology behind it is based on the wick stove, in which wick after lighting glows yellow and this is converted into smokeless blue flame after installing the combustion air system over these wicks,” it said.
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The stainless steel trays on both sides of the cart are for easy ash removal. The cart is equipped with combustion air for primary and secondary hot air systems, it further said. The disposal is completed within 12 hours including cooling as against 48 hours, said Harpreet Singh, Dean, IIT Ropar.
It works on temperature above 1000°C that ensures complete sterilization. It has stainless steel insulation on both sides of the cart for no heat loss and less wood consumption. Usually wood costs about Rs 2,500 for disposing one body and poor families sometimes try to get by with much less and end up having to dispose of partially burnt bodies, or even whole corpses, in rivers, the dean said.
The cart has wheels and it can be transported anywhere without much effort, he added. Harjinder Singh Cheema, MD, Cheema Boilers Ltd said, “We are providing a simplest and cheapest way of cremation, which can be performed within half of wood required now and can reduce the carbon footprint by half.” It can also be used on LPG using domestic gas cylinders, he further said.
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World
16,04,42,572 Cases
6,07,21,825 Active
9,63,89,716 Recovered
33,31,031 Deaths
Coronavirus has spread to 192 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 16,04,42,572 and 33,31,031 have died; 6,07,21,825 are active cases and 9,63,89,716 have recovered as on May 13, 2021 at 3:48 am.
India
2,37,03,665 362727 Cases
37,10,525 6426 Active
1,97,34,823 352181 Recovered
2,58,317 4120 Deaths
In India, there are 2,37,03,665 confirmed cases including 2,58,317 deaths. The number of active cases is 37,10,525 and 1,97,34,823 have recovered as on May 13, 2021 at 2:30 am.
State & District Details
State
Cases
Active
Recovered
Deaths
Maharashtra
District Cases
Mumbai 45,478
Thane 13,660
Pune 9,920
Mumbai Suburban 5,363
Aurangabad 1,974
Nashik 1,575
Raigad 1,462
Palghar 1,421
Solapur 1,291
Jalgaon 1,039
Akola 757
Nagpur 692
Kolhapur 646
Satara 629
Ratnagiri 350
Amravati 291
Dhule 228
Hingoli 208
Jalna 201
Ahmednagar 190
Nanded 176
Yavatmal 150
Sangli 145
Latur 139
Osmanabad 125
Sindhudurg 114
Buldhana 88
Parbhani 78
gondia 69
Beed 54
Nandurbar 42
Gadchiroli 42
Bhandara 41
Chandrapur 32
Washim 13
Wardha 11
52,26,710 46,781
5,48,507 12,840
46,00,196 58,805
78,007 816
Karnataka
District Cases
Udupi 1,176
Kalaburagi 669
Yadgir 538
Bengaluru Urban 529
Raichur 369
Mandya 346
Belagavi 337
Bidar 219
Hassan 205
Davangere 204
Vijayapura 201
Dakshina Kannada 179
Chikkaballapura 149
Mysuru 107
Bagalkote 103
Uttara Kannada 95
Shivamogga 67
Dharwad 61
Ballari 60
Gadag 45
Bengaluru Rural 40
Tumakuru 36
Kolar 29
Haveri 24
Chikkamagaluru 19
Chitradurga 14
Koppal 5
Kodagu 4
Ramanagara 3
Chamarajanagara 0
20,53,191 39,998
5,92,202 4,730
14,40,621 34,752
20,368 516
Kerala
District Cases
Kannur 357
Kasaragod 333
Palakkad 224
Malappuram 119
Kollam 118
Thrissur 106
Thiruvananthapuram 104
Pathanamthitta 98
Kozhikode 90
Alappuzha 76
Kottayam 73
Ernakulam 60
Idukki 40
Wayanad 36
20,10,934 43,529
4,33,143 8,834
15,71,738 34,600
6,053 95
Uttar Pradesh
District Cases
Gautam Buddha Nagar 1,119
Agra 933
Ghaziabad 794
Meerut 504
Lucknow 386
Saharanpur 298
Kanpur Nagar 286
Moradabad 252
Varanasi 243
Hapur 225
Aligarh 215
Basti 214
Amethi 206
Rampur 203
Jaunpur 194
Firozabad 190
Barabanki 168
Gorakhpur 166
Bulandshahr 166
Siddharth Nagar 159
Ghazipur 159
Bijnor 157
Deoria 143
Azamgarh 138
Sant Kabeer Nagar 132
Mathura 129
Ayodhya 120
Muzaffarnagar 117
Sambhal 116
Sultanpur 97
Ambedkar Nagar 92
Maharajganj 85
Amroha 80
Rae Bareli 78
Bahraich 73
Kheri 72
Kannauj 69
Baghpat 68
Kushi Nagar 67
Bhadohi 60
Ballia 60
Gonda 59
Etah 52
Hardoi 49
Balrampur 49
Mau 48
Mainpuri 46
Etawah 46
Hathras 43
Unnao 42
Jalaun 41
Jhansi 41
Shamli 40
Chandauli 38
Auraiya 37
Farrukhabad 36
Sitapur 32
Prayagraj 30
Banda 27
Shahjahanpur 25
Shravasti 23
Budaun 23
Mirzapur 22
Bareilly 17
Kasganj 16
Pratapgarh 15
Pilibhit 15
Sonbhadra 10
Kaushambi 6
Kanpur Dehat 4
Chitrakoot 4
Lalitpur 3
Hamirpur 3
Mahoba 3
Fatehpur 3
15,63,235 18,023
2,06,615 9,442
13,40,251 27,139
16,369 326
Tamil Nadu
District Cases
Chennai 23,324
Chengalpattu 1,314
Thiruvallur 774
Villupuram 509
Kanchipuram 503
Tiruvannamalai 496
Cuddalore 477
Ariyalur 444
Tirunelveli 433
Tuticorin 333
Kallakurichi 324
Madurai 322
Salem 258
Coimbatore 188
Virudhunagar 185
Dindigul 175
Perambalur 133
Ranipet 133
Thanjavur 130
Theni 129
Tiruchirappalli 119
Ramanathapuram 119
Tiruppur 116
Kanniyakumari 110
Tenkasi 103
Nagapattinam 99
Karur 88
Namakkal 83
Erode 75
Vellore 71
Thiruvarur 67
Pudukkottai 53
Sivaganga 46
Tirupathur 45
Krishnagiri 43
The Nilgiris 17
Dharmapuri 15
14,68,864 30,355
1,72,735 10,554
12,79,658 19,508
16,471 293
Delhi
District Cases
North West 5,463
Central 4,817
West 4,768
New Delhi 3,405
North 3,059
East 2,472
South East 2,446
South West 2,391
South 2,329
North East 1,914
Shahdara 1,580
13,61,986 13,287
82,725 1,084
12,58,951 14,071
20,310 300
Andhra Pradesh
District Cases
Kurnool 795
Krishna 557
Guntur 511
Anantapur 428
East Godavari 356
Chittoor 319
Sri Potti Sriramulu Nell* 296
Y.S.R. 205
West Godavari 199
Srikakulam 183
Prakasam 104
Visakhapatnam 103
Vizianagaram 23
13,44,386 21,452
1,97,370 2,268
11,38,028 19,095
8,988 89
West Bengal
District Cases
Kolkata 2,777
Howrah 1,435
24 Paraganas North 1,031
Hooghly 604
24 Paraganas South 281
Maldah 235
Dinajpur Uttar 216
Coochbehar 210
Birbhum 206
Medinipur West 159
Medinipur East 153
Nadia 139
Purba Bardhaman 130
Murshidabad 125
Bankura 116
Darjeeling 97
Jalpaiguri 88
Paschim Bardhaman 70
Purulia 66
Dinajpur Dakshin 50
Alipurduar 39
Kalimpong 18
Jhargram 9
10,53,117 20,377
1,28,684 1,011
9,11,705 19,231
12,728 135
Chhattisgarh
District Cases
Bilaspur 100
Korba 100
Mungeli 87
Baloda Bazar 85
Jashpur 77
Janjgir-Champa 56
Mahasamund 54
Rajnandgaon 52
Kabirdham 52
Raigarh 47
Raipur 46
Balod 41
Korea 39
Durg 31
Bemetara 21
Kanker 19
Balrampur 17
Surguja 14
Gariyaband 10
Surajpur 9
Dhamtari 6
Bijapur 2
Bastar 2
Dantewada 0
Kondagaon 0
Narayanpur 0
Sukma 0
8,83,210 10,150
1,22,798 962
7,49,318 9,035
11,094 153
Rajasthan
District Cases
Jaipur 2,177
Jodhpur 1,748
Udaipur 724
Bharatpur 563
Kota 503
Nagaur 500
Ajmer 379
Dungarpur 374
Pali 352
Jhalawar 329
Bhilwara 250
Sikar 231
Chittorgarh 188
Tonk 171
Jalore 164
Rajsamand 140
Sirohi 130
Bikaner 112
Banswara 91
Alwar 90
Churu 81
Jhunjhunu 64
Dausa 61
Dholpur 60
Baran 59
Jaisalmer 53
Barmer 34
Hanumangarh 31
SawaiMadhopur 26
Karauli 17
Pratapgarh 14
Ganganagar 8
Bundi 5
8,05,658 16,384
2,09,110 3,380
5,90,390 12,840
6,158 164
Gujarat
District Cases
Ahmadabad 17,125
Surat 2,311
Vadodara 1,555
Gandhinagar 410
Mahesana 159
Banas Kantha 147
Bhavnagar 146
Rajkot 135
Arvalli 134
Mahisagar 125
Anand 107
PanchMahals 107
Patan 105
SabarKantha 101
Kachchh 99
Kheda 98
Jamnagar 63
Bharuch 56
Botad 55
Surendranagar 55
Valsad 47
GirSomnath 45
Dohad 43
Chhotaudepur 37
Naysari 35
Junagadh 31
Narmada 25
DevbhumiDwarka 22
Amreli 16
Porbandar 11
Tapi 6
Dang 5
Morbi 4
7,14,611 11,017
1,27,483 4,349
5,78,397 15,264
8,731 102
Madhya Pradesh
District Cases
Indore 3,839
Bhopal 1,880
Ujjain 799
Burhanpur 351
Neemuch 319
Jabalpur 276
East Nimar 266
Sagar 228
Gwalior 211
Khargone 196
Dewas 140
Dhar 132
Mandsaur 112
Morena 109
Bhind 87
Raisen 71
Barwani 60
Ratlam 51
Rewa 39
Shajapur 39
Hoshangabad 37
Vidisha 37
Chhatarpur 35
Betul 35
Rajgarh 31
Dindori 29
Sheopur 26
Damoh 26
Satna 24
Anuppur 22
Panna 20
Tikamgarh 18
Sidhi 17
Narsinghpur 17
Chhindwara 16
Agar Malwa 15
Mandla 15
Shivpuri 15
Jhabua 14
Shandol 14
Singrauli 13
Ashoknagar 13
Datia 12
Sehore 12
Umaria 10
Balaghat 9
Guna 8
Harda 4
Alirajpur 3
Katni 3
Seoni 2
Niwari 0
7,00,202 8,970
1,09,928 1,438
5,83,595 10,324
6,679 84
Haryana
District Cases
Gurugram 2,950
Faridabad 867
Sonipat 404
Rohtak 145
Palwal 120
Jhajjar 114
Karnal 104
Hisar 98
Ambala 93
Panipat 78
Nuh 68
Bhiwani 60
Rewari 56
Kurukshetra 55
Sirsa 50
Kaithal 48
Mahendragarh 47
CharkiDadri 43
Panchkula 39
Fatehabad 38
Jind 38
Yamunanagar 19
6,52,742 12,490
1,07,058 1,939
5,39,609 14,264
6,075 165
Bihar
District Cases
Patna 279
Bhagalpur 266
Rohtas 256
Khagaria 253
Begusarai 243
Madhubani 199
Munger 188
Jehanabad 178
Katihar 175
Darbhanga 143
Samastipur 139
Siwan 139
PurbiChamparan 138
Purnia 135
Banka 134
Buxar 134
Nalanda 123
Gopalganj 123
Nawada 122
Sheikhpura 118
Gaya 115
Kaimur (bhabua) 105
Bhojpur 103
Saran 101
Muzaffarpur 96
Saharsa 88
Supaul 87
Vaishali 87
Madhepura 82
Kishanganj 75
Aurangabad 75
Sitamarhi 73
Lakhisarai 72
Araria 68
Pashchim Champaran 57
Arwal 52
Jamui 47
Sheohar 20
6,22,433 9,863
99,624 2,476
5,19,306 12,265
3,503 74
Odisha
District Cases
Ganjam 581
Jajapur 322
Khordha 238
Baleshwar 190
Kendrapara 164
Cuttack 155
Bhadrak 137
Balangir 129
Puri 103
Sundargarh 102
Jagatsinghapur 91
Nayagarh 86
Mayurbhanj 73
Nuapada 69
Gajapati 61
Dhenkanal 36
Boudh 34
Kendujhar 34
Deogarh 33
Kalahandi 33
Sonepur 29
Kandhamal 28
Anugul 26
Malkangiri 20
Bargarh 16
Koraput 16
Sambalpur 16
Jharsuguda 8
Nabarangpur 2
Rayagada 2
5,65,648 10,982
89,736 2,418
4,73,680 8,547
2,232 17
Telangana
District Cases
Hyderabad 2,475
Ranga Reddy 183
Suryapet 87
Jagitial 77
Nizamabad 76
MedchalMalkajgiri 75
Mancherial 43
YadadriBhuvanagiri 40
Jogulamba Gadwal 40
Vikarabad 40
Nalgonda 33
Warangal Urban 32
Mahabubnagar 30
Sangareddy 26
Khammam 26
Adilabad 22
Nirmal 21
Karimnagar 17
RajannaSircilla 16
Medak 11
Kamareddy 11
Mahabubabad 10
Jayashankar Bhupalapally 9
Nagarkurnool 8
Kumuram Bheem Asifabad 8
Jangoan 8
Siddipet 7
Peddapalli 5
Bhadradri Kothagudem 5
Warangal Rural 4
Mulugu 3
Narayanpet 3
Wanaparthy 1
5,11,711 4,723
59,133 1,003
4,49,744 5,695
2,834 31
Punjab
District Cases
Amritsar 485
Jalandhar 297
Ludhiana 293
Tarn Taran 163
Gurdaspur 154
Hoshiarpur 140
S.A.S Nagar 137
Patiala 132
Sangrur 107
Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) 99
Pathankot 86
Rupnagar (Ropar) 74
Faridkot 74
Sri Muktsar Sahib 71
Moga 65
Bathinda 60
Fatehgarh Sahib 57
Fazilka 53
Firozepur 50
Kapurthala 44
Mansa 31
Barnala 25
4,67,539 8,271
79,963 3,107
3,76,465 4,971
11,111 193
Assam
District Cases
Kamrup Metro 276
Golaghat 203
Nagaon 143
Hojai 89
Dima Hasao 86
Karimganj 85
Tinsukia 84
Cachar 80
Dibrugarh 61
Hailakandi 57
Lakhimpur 57
Marigaon 50
Dhemaji 47
Kamrup 42
Kokrajhar 37
Dhubri 30
Charaideo 29
Barpeta 28
Udalguri 28
Sonitpur 27
Jorhat 24
Nalbari 23
Darrang 20
Sivasagar 20
Goalpara 19
Biswanath 16
Baksa 14
KarbiAnglong 13
Bongaigaon 12
Chirang 6
West KarbiAnglong 5
South SalmaraMancachar 4
Majuli 2
3,10,086 5,657
42,317 1,706
2,65,860 3,880
1,909 71
Jharkhand
District Cases
East Singhbum 170
Ranchi 148
Hazaribagh 110
Garhwa 80
Ramgarh 75
Koderma 58
Simdega 48
Dhanbad 32
Gumla 28
Palamu 27
West Singhbhum 21
SaraikelaKharsawan 20
Giridih 19
Bokaro 16
Latehar 14
Khunti 10
Lohardaga 8
Deoghar 5
Dumka 5
Pakur 4
Jamtara 2
Godda 2
Chatra 1
Sahebganj 0
3,01,257 4,362
50,467 4,066
2,46,608 8,331
4,182 97
Uttarakhand
District Cases
Dehradun 370
Nainital 323
Tehri Garhwal 110
Haridwar 94
Udam Singh Nagar 83
Almora 71
Champawat 45
Pithoragarh 43
Chamoli 36
PauriGarhwal 36
Bageshwar 31
Rudraprayag 30
Uttar Kashi 24
2,64,683 7,749
77,082 582
1,83,478 7,058
4,123 109
Jammu And Kashmir
District Cases
Anantnag 395
Srinagar 300
Kulgam 295
Baramulla 271
Shopian 255
Kupwara 231
Bandipora 175
Udhampur 155
Ramban 151
Jammu 138
Budgam 110
Pulwama 108
Kathua 53
Rajouri 39
Ganderbal 37
Poonch 35
Doda 27
Reasi 26
Samba 25
Kishtwar 10
Mirpur 0
Muzaffarabad 0
2,29,407 4,509
51,542 841
1,74,953 3,603
2,912 65
Himachal Pradesh
District Cases
Hamirpur 117
Kangra 105
Una 41
Solan 32
Chamba 29
Bilaspur 21
Mandi 21
Sirmaur 11
Shimla 10
Kullu 4
Kinnaur 2
Lahaul And Spiti 0
1,45,736 4,977
38,954 2,722
1,04,714 2,189
2,068 66
Goa
District Cases
South Goa 69
North Goa 57
1,27,639 2,865
32,791 45
92,974 2,840
1,874 70
Puducherry
District Cases
Pondicherry 111
Mahe 4
Karaikal 2
Yanam 0
77,031 2,007
15,562 733
60,424 1,247
1,045 27
Chandigarh
District Cases
Chandigarh 313
52,633 776
8,528 97
43,506 859
599 14
Tripura
District Cases
Dhalai 196
Sepahijala 174
Gomati 74
South Tripura 53
Unakoti 49
West Tripura 45
Khowai 24
North Tripura 14
39,054 480
3,684 351
34,946 127
424 2
Manipur
District Cases
Churachandpur 32
Kangpokpi 26
Imphal West 21
Thoubal 18
Imphal East 10
Tengnoupal 9
Bishnupur 7
Senapati 6
Chandel 5
Kamjong 5
Ukhrul 4
Jiribam 3
Pherzawl 3
Kakching 2
Tamenglong 2
Noney 1
37,036 666
5,272 291
31,238 358
526 17
Meghalaya
District Cases
East Khasi Hills 22
West Garo Hills 5
South West Garo Hills 4
North Garo Hills 1
West Jaintia Hills 1
West Khasi Hills 1
East Garo Hills 0
East Jaintia Hills 0
Ribhoi 0
South Garo Hills 0
South West Khasi Hills 0
20,985 406
3,381 84
17,354 314
250 8
Arunachal Pradesh
District Cases
Changlang 31
Papum Pare 8
Lohit 3
Namsai 2
West Siang 1
East Siang 1
Upper Siang 1
Tawang 1
PakkeKessang 1
West Kameng 0
Upper Subansiri 0
Tirap 0
Siang 0
Shi Yomi 0
Anjaw 0
Lower Subansiri 0
Lower Dibang Valley 0
Longding 0
Leparada 0
KurungKumey 0
KraDaadi 0
Kamle 0
East Kameng 0
Dibang Valley 0
Lower Siang 0
20,854 279
2,094 170
18,691 108
69 1
Nagaland
District Cases
Dimapur 20
Mon 8
Kohima 7
Kiphire 3
Tuensang 3
Peren 2
Phek 1
Longleng 0
Mokokchung 0
Wokha 0
Zunheboto 0
16,890 338
3,297 216
13,428 113
165 9
Ladakh
District Cases
Kargil 77
LehLadakh 43
15,807 243
1,547 95
14,102 147
158 1
Sikkim
District Cases
East District 3
South District 3
North District 0
West District 0
10,392 227
2,866 127
7,343 94
183 6
Dadra And Nagar Haveli
District Cases
Dadra And Nagar Haveli 20
9,150 129
1,060 43
8,086 172
4
Mizoram
District Cases
Kolasib 11
Aizawl 10
Mamit 8
Lawngtlai 2
Lunglei 2
Saitual 1
Champhai 0
Hnahthial 0
Khawzawl 0
Saiha 0
Serchhip 0
8,176 141
2,033 23
6,120 118
23
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
District Cases
South Andamans 33
Nicobars 1
North And Middle Andaman 1
6,470 44
214 15
6,175 26
81 3
Lakshadweep
District Cases
Lakshadweep District 0
4,202 220
1,020 28
3,171 191
11 1
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