This man spent a lifetime among dead for a good night's sleep

MUMBAI: On the face of it, 60-year-old Mukund Prabakhar Agte looks like a regular middle-class bloke with a steady job and a cosy home in a distant suburb. But this well groomed man in a light blue striped shirt, olive green trousers and a ready smile has a little secret. When the sun goes down and nocturnal creatures emerge from their hideouts, he heads to where not too many people would dare—one of the city's crematoriums for a good night's rest. Read More................This man spent a lifetime among dead for a good night's sleep

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Mobile Crematorium

Finding a piece of land for cremation has always been a problem in Kerala. Proposing a solution to this, the High Tech Seals Pvt Ltd, which also produces automotive parts, plans to introduce a mobile crematorium fuelled by liquid petroleum gas (LPG) here on the outskirts of Kochi.

"It was the controversies associated with cremation or burial and the issue of pollution that made us think about such a crematorium," said John Thomas, the managing director of the company.

The company proposes to mount the crematorium on a vehicle that can be moved to any location.

Although the company went ahead with the project two years ago, it was forced to go slow on the work.

"We started the work on the mobile crematorium alright, but had to slow down as there were some technical problems," said John.

The company, however, is successful with its non-mobile LPG crematoriums. These units have facilities to prevent pollution or odour from cremation.

So far the company has successfully installed 10 units in various municipalities in Kerala. Read more...................Kerala to have mobile crematorium

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Kids pick human bones for a living

At the busiest crematorium in this Tamil Nadu temple town in southern India, the quiet work of a group of little boys is more heart-rending than the wails of bereaved relatives.

About 10 boys visit the crematorium at Thathaneri on the banks of the Vaigai river and rummage through the heap of hot ashes of dead bodies with their small bare hands to pick bones. Read more..............In Madurai, kids pick human bones for a living

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Widow manages crematorium in Orissa

She is doing one of the most odd jobs that a woman would like to do. Yes, here is a widow from Orissa state's Sambalpur area who is compelled to arrange two square meals for her family after husband's death & has opted to be a keeper in a local crematorium here. Read full story here.............Widow manages crematorium in Orissa

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Advance booking for Crematorium

In the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra State of India Municipal Corporation which controls the crematoriums is introducing an advance booking system for cremations.

As per the scheme, interested parties shall have to make a call for reservation for the platform where corpses are burnt for a three-hour duration, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Atul Patne said.

The phone call will ensure a proper platform at a select crematorium of your choice and the civic body will allocate shops for supply of fuel and firewood for cremations, Patne said. Read more...............Now advance booking for crematorium in Nagpur

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