<p>In what the opposition parties and some others alleged an attempt to 'hide' the number of Covid deaths in Lucknow, the administration on Thursday erected a temporary wall around the main crematorium in the city and barred 'unauthorised' people from entering the place after disturbing videos of scores of burning pyres went viral on social media.</p>.<p>According to the sources the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) ordered to erect a tin wall on three sides of the crematorium to prevent the people and the passers by from seeing the pyres. </p>.<p>Sources said that the people had to wait for several hours, in some cases even a day, to cremate their dead as there was no space at the cremation ground.</p>.<p>The officials said that the entry of 'unauthorised' people into the crematorium had been barred as the place was included in the ''Covid affected zone''.</p>.<p>As the videos of the burning pyres went viral on social media, the opposition leaders launched a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath government in the state and accused it of trying to 'hide' the number of deaths from Covid in the state capital.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/markets-in-lucknow-voluntarily-closed-amid-rising-covid-cases-974531.html" target="_blank">Markets in Lucknow voluntarily closed amid rising Covid cases </a></strong></p>.<p>''It is useless to waste resources and energy on hiding the numbers...it is better to take effective measures to save the lives of the people,'' Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said.</p>.<p>AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that if the state government had established hospitals it would not have to cover the crematorium.</p>.<p>Lucknow was among the worst affected districts in UP. It reported over 5400 Covid cases on Thursday while the state reported over 22 thousand cases of Coronavirus.</p>
<p>In what the opposition parties and some others alleged an attempt to 'hide' the number of Covid deaths in Lucknow, the administration on Thursday erected a temporary wall around the main crematorium in the city and barred 'unauthorised' people from entering the place after disturbing videos of scores of burning pyres went viral on social media.</p>.<p>According to the sources the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) ordered to erect a tin wall on three sides of the crematorium to prevent the people and the passers by from seeing the pyres. </p>.<p>Sources said that the people had to wait for several hours, in some cases even a day, to cremate their dead as there was no space at the cremation ground.</p>.<p>The officials said that the entry of 'unauthorised' people into the crematorium had been barred as the place was included in the ''Covid affected zone''.</p>.<p>As the videos of the burning pyres went viral on social media, the opposition leaders launched a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath government in the state and accused it of trying to 'hide' the number of deaths from Covid in the state capital.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/markets-in-lucknow-voluntarily-closed-amid-rising-covid-cases-974531.html" target="_blank">Markets in Lucknow voluntarily closed amid rising Covid cases </a></strong></p>.<p>''It is useless to waste resources and energy on hiding the numbers...it is better to take effective measures to save the lives of the people,'' Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said.</p>.<p>AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that if the state government had established hospitals it would not have to cover the crematorium.</p>.<p>Lucknow was among the worst affected districts in UP. It reported over 5400 Covid cases on Thursday while the state reported over 22 thousand cases of Coronavirus.</p>