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Bad weather holds up cremation

New Delhi: Strong icy winds have held up the cremation of meteorologist Kuldeep Wali, who died of heart attack a week ago at India’s research station in Antarctica.

Mr. Wali, a meteorologist with India Meteorological Department (IMD), died on June 1 at Maitri, India’s research base on the icy continent.

IMD reports said strong icy winds with an average speed of 50 km per hour were blowing over the research station putting a spanner in the arrangements for cremation.

“We were told that bad weather was delaying the cremation,” Mr. Wali’s family said. Mr. Wali (57) was actively involved in research until the last, said a spokesperson for the National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research , Goa, which sends expeditions to Antarctica. — PTI

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