Chandigarh: Cremation ground to get Rs 59 lakh facelift

The Municipal Corporation is going repair and renovate the cremation ground in Industrial Area, Phase I.

The civic body has prepared an estimate of Rs 59.82 lakh for the renovation and floated a tender for the same. The work includes disposing of old plaster, cleaning the surface for plaster, putting up doors, windows at rooms and glazed shutters, painting roof, laying paver blocks etc.

Earlier, the MC House had cleared a proposal to upgrade the Sector 25 cremation ground at a whopping Rs 7.08 crore. However, the UT Administration halted this project after criticism over the huge amount being spent on it. In a presentation given in the MC House by a consulting firm, it was shared that fancy white and lilac flowers would be grown on the premises of the Sector 25 cremation ground. Mounds would be built and landscaping of the area done. There was a plan to put up leaf-shaped roof and ambience lighting. However, it was felt these things were not required at the cremation ground.