As Covid-19 funeral pyres burn, gloom gathers over India's rural economy

A man runs past the burning funeral pyres of those who died from the coronavirus disease , during a mass cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India.Having watched his father's funeral pyre burn by a river bank close to their farm last month, Indian sugar cane grower Dattatray Bagal and his brothers had to set aside grief to count the financial cost of the coronavirus's impact on their family.

“We can't think about any big ticket purchases this year,” Bagal said as he irrigated the fields in the farm below the mountains of the Western Ghats. “We lost our father and incurred debt as well. We will repay the debt in two to three years, but the personal loss can never be compensated.” Lockdowns imposed by authorities trying to contain the surge added to the pain, but at least the monsoon season, which began this month, is forecast to deliver normal rainfall.

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