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Pune Municipal Corporation closes gas crematoriums
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Pune Municipal Corporation closed the city's gas crematoriums from March 5 until further orders.
Why it matters
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued an order on March 5 prioritising available propane and butane for domestic LPG supply nationwide. Pune Municipal Corporation kept its gas crematoriums closed from March 5 until further orders. Electric crematoriums and wood-fired facilities equipped with air pollution control systems will continue to operate. At the Vaikunth crematorium, three gas-fired furnaces are shut and five electric furnaces remain operational.
Implications
- • Gas-fired cremation furnaces are unavailable until a municipal or ministerial order lifts the closure.
- • Cremation services will be routed to electric furnaces and wood-fired facilities with air pollution control systems.
- • Vaikunth crematorium will operate with three gas-fired furnaces offline and five electric furnaces in use.
Who is affected
- • Municipal crematorium operators
- • Crematorium facility managers
- • Families arranging cremations
- • Municipal public-service administrators
What to watch
- • Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas order prioritising propane and butane for domestic LPG (effective March 5)
- • Municipal order announcing reopening of gas crematoriums
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Health & Medicine Public Health Energy & Power Oil & Gas Climate & Environment Environmental Regulation