Cremation of President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife, Suvra Mukherjee, today

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 19, 2015: The cremation of President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife, Suvra Mukherjee, will be held at the Lodhi Road crematorium at 10 am on Wednesday, a Rashtrapati Bhavan release said.

India’s First Lady passed away at 10.51 am on Tuesday after a cardiac arrest at the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi.

The body of Suvra Mukherjee was kept at the Rashtrapati Bhavan from 3 pm to 5 pm yesterday for the family and friends to pay their last respects.

Thereafter, the body was shifted to her son’s residence on Talkatora Road in Delhi.

"Suvra Mukherjee was suffering from a respiratory ailment and died after a cardiac arrest this morning. She was on ventilator till the time of her death," hospital public relations officer Sanjay Kumar told IANS yesterday.

The Delhi Police has taken over the Lodhi Road crematorium in preparation for this morning’s last rites of Suvra Mukherjee, that is likely to see a host of VVIPs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attending.

Though sources said the last rites would be performed on the electric furnace, the caretaker of the crematorium said Rashtrapati Bhavan booked both the traditional wooden pyre cremation and the electric furnace.

The Delhi Police have put up metal detectors at the entrances to the traditional crematorium as well as the electric one.

All 35 staff members who work at the crematorium were being made to go through the detector.

The road in front of the crematorium and some others will remain blocked on Wednesday morning for the cremation.

"In view of the visit of VVIPs at Lodhi crematorium on Wednesday, general public is advised to avoid Lala Lajpat Rai Marg from Moolchand to Lodhi flyover and Lodhi Road between 8.30 am to 11.30 am," Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander told IANS.

According to the official, commuters can use Aurobindo Marg, Bhisham Pitamah Marg, Mathura Road and Ring Road for commuting from south Delhi to central Delhi.

 

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