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| Install CNG-LPG crematorium in Jammu to boost eco-friendly cremation: Balvinder | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 5: Social activist Balvinder Singh said that he along with other management committee members of Shastri Nagar Crematorium has continuously been asking the UT administration including JMC Mayor to install electric crematoriums at the earliest Shastri Nagar, Jogi Gate, Shakti Nagr and Channi Himmat.
But sorry to say that despite been announced by the JMC Mayor, a year ago, that JMC will soon install electric crematorium but till date nothing has been done on the ground for their installation, he added.
Singh further said that government must consider to install CNG-LPG based crematorium in place of electric crematorium, as after searching and enquiring from different crematoriums in the adjoining States, where electric crematorium are installed & working, it is found that Gas based Cremation is better option as compared to electric crematorium.
Balvinder Singh, Chairman Shastri Nagar Crematorium along with Bharat Sharma, Suresh Sethi and Resident Welfare Association members L M Khajuria, Chandra Udaya and Ved Parkash said that this time in the mid-May, we witnessed the maximum daily cremations count of Covid -19 victims reached to 22 and then there we felt huge shortage of fire wood as we needed 100 to 120 qtls of fire wood daily and sometimes when forest department failed to meet up the demand then we were forced to buy it from the open market at exorbitant rates and then people showed their resentment when they were asked to pay as per the market rates. Balvinder further said that cremation methods are sensitive cultural issues and greater awareness is needed to encourage increased use of eco-friendly crematoriums may it be CNG/LPG or Electric Crematoriums which may deemed feasible and workable on the ground. |
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