DELHI, INDIA, August 30, 2004: Delhi’s Municipal Corporation has given the go-ahead to the second phase of privatization of cremation grounds in the city. The move, they expect, would put an end to the harassment that people have to put up with while performing the last rites at crematoriums. Complaints had been received about people being harassed by officials over policies and being over-charged while buying wood for pyre. In the first phase of privatization over 18 crematoria had been handed over to NGOs and private societies. Encouraged by the good response, the MCD’s standing committee last week gave approval to the second phase of privatization under which the maintenance of 13 cremation grounds and three electric crematoria will go into the hands of private players.
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