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Nearly 11,000,000 people die every year. Considering the population ratio and the prevailing customs 6.6 million trees are felled to cremate the dead per year. That is nearly 3.0 Million M.T. of wood costing Rs. 6.0 billion or a forest cover of 5500 hectares of land is destroyed. As against this the tree plantation ratio is very low & will require almost a century to get back that forest cover back again provided there is no further depletion.
After careful study of Hindu cremations and its adverse effects on environment we propose to have a Cremator working on diesel or Natural Gas. It is simple, cheap, clean and eco-friendly process and is easy to operate. So far, there are 45+ Diesel Cremators including PNG cremator have been installed with very positive response & more than 250,000 Cremations have been successfully carried out in these Cremators.
The cremator we intend to install at Amravati is LPG Fired Cremator & is clean and hygienic cremation process. It meets the most stringent international pollution, environmental health and air emission regulations. The operating system is simplified so that no special operational skills are required. A local NGO HINDU SAMSHAN SANSTHA, AMRAVATI is making available all infrastructure required to operate this cremator LPG / CNG is readily available in our town. We at Rotary Club of Amravati Midtown hope to contribute for this cremator in a small way by fund raising & gifting the same with help of The Rotary Foundation & its Matching Grant.
The Rotary Club of Amravati Midtown shall be overseeing and selecting the supplier and monitor proper Purchasing,
shipping, or distributing items purchased of all equipment including LPG Fired Cremator on the cremation site, the
responsible committee has formed and shall be visiting the project site on an as-needed basis during implementation and after completion of project. The committee shall also be responsible for continuous monitoring of project during its life. The international partner shall be kept in the loop at every stage of implementation via email and photographs send on
completion of project. Invitation by The Rotary Club of Amravati Midtown shall be extended to visit the site as an when possible. The Publicizing the project to local media and the district shall be priority of both host and international partner, so as to spread the word about the benefits of Humanitarian program of the Rotary Foundation.
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