Funeral pyre india6/20/2023 The farmers are able to dispose of the crop residue in a better manner. Using agro-waste for briquettes has resulted in multiple co-benefits. Even the National Green Tribunal had in 2016 demanded replacement of wood to reduce air pollution in Delhi. ![]() The national capital faces a massive air pollution problem when pollution from crop residue burnt in north-west India travels to Delhi and NCR region every winter. Limaye’s non-profit buys from a manufacturer and in turn supplies it to the NMC. Over the last decade, the demand for briquettes using agro-waste has been rising and dozen-odd units have come up around Nagpur city to supply according to the demand – for boilers, for cremation, for cooking food etc. ![]() With this calculation, we can easily claim to have saved more than 36,000 adult trees,” Limaye said. Two trees of 18-20 years age are needed to obtain this much wood. “One funeral pyre needs approximately 250-300 kgs wood. Within 2-3 months, the demand picked up,” Niranjan Pandurang Shinde, NMC official at one of these five crematoriums, told VICE News.“At this crematorium, more than 50 percent of the bodies are now burnt using mokshakashtha,” he said.ĭuring the last three years, as many as 18,000 bodies were cremated using mokshakashtha. In September last year, Limaye’s non-profit was given five more crematoriums for two years. In the three years when the pilot ran at the crematorium, almost 60 percent of the bodies were cremated using mokshakashtha. ![]() NMC offered a 100 percent subsidy on cremations using briquettes. He allowed Limaye to run another pilot project for three years at the same crematorium.
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