PANAJI
The Goa Human Rights Commission has directed that the Chief Secretary “take appropriate action” in a complaint filed by one Sayed Manzoor Qadri of the Azad Jamatul Muslimeen Welfare Trust who had approached Commission regarding the shortage of crematoria, cemeteries and kabrastan in Goa.
In his complaint Qadri pointed out that from the 191 village panchayats and 429 villages in Goa, 174 village panchayats have no kabrastan for Muslims, 50 village panchayats have no cemetery for Christians and 43 village panchayats have no crematoria for Hindus.
This, he said, led people to run from one village to another to perform the final rites of their dear ones.
“Perused the complaint… a copy of the complaint be forwarded to the Chief Secretary to take appropriate action in the matter in accordance with law,” the GHRC ruled.
