Deccan Herald 30.08.2012
Gurgaon civic body to issue death certificates at cremation ground
To expedite the process of issuing death
certificates, the municipal corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has introduced a
policy of issuing death certificates right at the cremation ground.
There
are 20 crematoriums in the millennium city but the new policy of
issuing online death certificate has been started only in two places as
of now. These two crematories are located in Madanpur and Sukhrali.
“The
relatives of deceased will get the print out of death certificate right
at the time of getting their name registered,” said Sanjay Chugh,
public relations officer of MCG. The service will be provided for no
extra charge.
“At present, one has to pay Rs 12 for the last
rites at any of our grounds. For the death certificate, we will not levy
any extra cost on people,” added Chugh.
The mayor of MCG calls
this a step towards making the public dealings efficient and fast.
“Some time ago, we introduced the system of issuing on-the-spot birth
certificates. And now, we have started the system of giving death
certificates at cremation ground to fasten our public dealings,” Vimal
Yadav, mayor told Deccan Herald.
More to follow
Chugh
further says that the corporation started this initiative from these
two grounds because they serve the densely populated areas of Gurgaon
and help in performing the last rites of more than 250 people per month,
together.
“Nathupur cremation ground would be the next one to
offer this service. After that, we will gradually expand this service to
the rest 17 grounds as and when the demand arises,” added Chugh.
