Sapana Roka Magar features in BBC 100 Women 2020 list
Kathmandu, 24 November (2020) - Crematorium technician Sapana Roka Magar has been announced as one most influential women in the BBC's 100 Woman list 2020.
Her citation reads:
After becoming homeless for three months, Sapana travelled to Kathmandu where she became involved in an organisation that cremates unclaimed bodies.
The bodies of those who have died from Covid-19 are strictly managed by the Nepalese army. Sapana’s organisation retrieves the abandoned bodies from the street or mortuaries and arranges for them to be taken to hospital for post-mortem examinations. If the body remains unclaimed for 35 days, the organisation brings it to the crematorium and performs the Dagbatti rituals, which in Hindi culture are usually performed by the son of the deceased.
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