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.