DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has decided that the cremation charges of poor and needy people, who passed away due to COVID-19, will be borne by the MCC. This was decided by Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor and K.K. Yadav, Commissioner during the visit of cremation grounds situated at Manimajra, Industrial area Ph-1 and Sector 25. They decided that cremation charges of the poor and needy people died due to COVID-19 will be incurred from the COVID cess. During the visit to Manimajra cremation ground, the Mayor asked the concerned sanitary staff to maintain proper cleanliness over there inside the cremation ground compound. The team was apprised by the Pandits at cremation grounds that Rs. 3000 are being charged for cremation and Rs. 1200 for Saamgri charges for the bodies died due to COVID and Rs. 1500 for Saamgri charges for the bodies died a normal death. The Mayor and Commissioner asked the Medical Officer of Health to display boards depicting the cremation charges, Saamgri charges etc. on the boards along with complaint number of MCC for any kind of assistance or complaint. The Mayor asked the MOH to waive off the charges at Rs. 30 per body of LPG crematorium at Sector 25, cremation ground during the period of COVID-19. Meanwhile, in a bid to facilitate maximum COVID-19 vaccination, Mohali District Administration has set up two Drive-Through Vaccination Centres. Sharing details, Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said that as of now the only safeguard against the deadly coronavirus is vaccination. He said, "We are trying our best to reach out to the public for vaccination; the vaccination at all district and sub-divisional hospitals has been supplemented by on-site vaccination for bigger organizations as well as outreach camps to cover remote pockets/far-flung areas." The district police are also providing free to and fro cab service to the senior citizens for the vaccination site. We realized that the idea of waiting in hospital for vaccination is overwhelming for some fearing exposure to premises supposedly having a greater load of virus. So, for those who don't want to wait onsite but prefer to get vaccinated in the comfort of their cars, we have opened up the Drive-Through Vaccination Centres. One of the centres is located at Mohali District Sports Complex and the other at Piccadillia, Mullanpur. (editor@dailyworld.in)