The BMC has decided to close the Deonar cemetery for burials again, as it has reached its capacity of accommodating 1,300 deceased. It will be reopened by January 2025, according to BMC health officials in the M East ward.

“We wish to inform you through this letter that the capacity for adult bodies in Deonar cemetery is about to be over. Only five more bodies can be buried here,” reads a letter from the Deonar qabristan management to the BMC.