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- A newly built gas crematorium in Chikkaballapur has remained unopened despite construction completing in December 2022.
- The project was taken up by the district urban development agency at a cost of Rs 1.80 crore, with machines including a 120-foot chimney installed by December 2023.
- Groundbreaking was done in June 2020 by then district in-charge minister Dr K Sudhakar, and officials have inspected the unit three times to decide how it will function.
- Chikkaballapur city has no electric crematorium, and most of its burial and burning grounds face severe space shortage and poor upkeep.
- Opening the gas crematorium would ease pressure on the city's overloaded cremation grounds.
What to watch next
- Whether authorities announce an inauguration date for the crematorium
- Appointment of technical staff needed to run the gas crematorium
- Improvement of the city's existing cremation and burial grounds
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