The notice has been sent through the state chief secretary who has been given four weeks time to submit a report, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said in a press release.
The first incident pertains to a man carrying his wife's body for 10 km as the district headquarters hospital at Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi allegedly did not provide him ambulance services.
The second incident is also about the non-availability of ambulance services due to which an old woman's body was slung on a bamboo pole to carry it in Balasore after she was crushed by a goods train near Soro Railway Station.
Stating that Right to Life of a person under Article 21 of the Constitution would also mean that a body is treated with respect, it also referred to reports about "Mahaprayana" scheme for free transportation of bodies from government hospitals to the residences of the deceased.
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After the matter came to light, he was provided with a vehicle to complete the remaining 50-km stretch.
In the second incident, media reports said 80-year-old widow, Salamani Behera was run over by a goods train near Soro Railway Station in Balasore district. Her body was taken to the Community Health Centre.
The Government Railway Police reached the Centre after 12 hours and they could not arrange an ambulance to take the body to Balasore hospital for post-mortem.
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