Incidents of administrative apathy continue to surface in Madhya Pradesh. The latest to be reported was from the state's Sidhi district where a family was forced to strap the body of their dead son to a bamboo pole and transport it to the mortuary.
This was happened because the Sidhi Municipal Corporation refused to provide them with a hearse van, saying drivers were not available.
The deceased has been identified as Munesh Kol. Unfortunately, this is not the first incident that has happened Madhya Pradesh. Earlier also, a family had carry the body for five kilometers to their home from the hospital as the mortuary vehicle service reportedly denied to the poor in the area.
