The Hindu 29.12.2010
Gasifier crematorium to be ready by January end
| 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.
