The Hindu 29.12.2010
Gasifier crematorium to be ready by January end
Staff Reporter
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Finishing touches given to burning chamber, main building |
Final stage:Municipal Chairman R. Natarajan (left), inspecting the
gasifier crematorium at Bharathipuram in Dindigul on Tuesday.
DINDIGUL: The gasifier crematorium at Bharathipuram near Nagal Nagar
would be ready by January end as the Dindigul municipality has completed
90 per cent of the work.
Finishing touches are being given to the burning chamber and main
building. Commissioning of burning chamber, rails and trolley to place
dead bodies into chambers is over. Two platforms are constructed. All
masonry work of main building has also been completed. Now, laying of
tiles on the floor and wall of the chamber and on the corridor building
is on.
After inspecting the work here on Monday, Municipal Chairman R.
Natarajan said that people in the southern part of the town would use
this crematorium. Delay in completion of the work was due to torrential
showers. “We have planned to complete all works by January end. Another
shed would also be constructed on the campus to provide sufficient
moving space for the public.”
Compound wall on the northern side of the crematorium was under
construction. Later, a garden would be developed and an arch at the
entrance would be installed to make the campus green and attractive, he
added.
The crematorium project has been conceived at an estimated cost of
Rs.60 lakh in 2007, but has commenced only in 2008. With sharp
escalation in prices of raw materials, the municipality has submitted
revised proposals to the government and enhanced project costs. Now, the
total cost of the project is Rs.1.30 crore. While the State Government
has offered Rs.20 lakh for this project, the municipality shared Rs.85
lakh and the rest met from the MLA constituency development fund and
other sources.
The crematorium will have a burning chamber, big hall for conducting
rituals, office room, prayer hall, security room, six toilets, two
bathrooms and a spacious parking lot with car shed. There is an electric
crematorium at R.M. Colony.
The work has been moving at a snail’s pace for a long time owing to
technical and administrative reasons and the construction costs had
escalated manifold.