Pet Dog Gets Eco-Friendly Cremation

    • deebashree.mohanty@timesgroup.com
    • Publish Date: Dec 2 2016 12:29PM
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    • Updated Date: Dec 2 2016 12:29PM
Pet Dog Gets Eco-Friendly Cremation

When Roger, a Labrador which was Arvind Chaurasia's family pet for last 14 years, died on Wednesday, the family wanted to give it a decent funeral. Unfortunately, they found themselves running pillar to post with the pet's body for over six hours, trying to find a place to bury it. They finally went for an eco-friendly cremation in Bhandewadi, which apparently is the first such cremation of an animal in the last few years.

Around 8.30am, the pet dog died after which Chaurasia, an engineer, started making frantic calls to find a burial place or crematorium. A friend advised him to go to Bhandewadi where the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has an "unofficial" arrangement for burying animals.
 
On reaching Bhandewadi, he met a NMC sweeper who agreed to bury the dog for Rs400. "I got suspicious as he was charging for the service and would have buried the dog inside the animal shelter. After talking to some animal activists, I found out that NMC does not have the necessary permission for burial," said Chaurasia.
 
As reported by TOI earlier, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) while giving NMC a voluntary closure notice for the animal shelter in May, had pointed out that proper arrangements were not made for scientific disposal of dead animals in the shelter premises. Replying to an RTI filed by activist Ankita Shah, NMC had stated there were no legal or illegal cremation grounds in the city.

'NMC staffers don't follow proper techniques'

Replying to an RTI filed, NMC had stated there were no legal or illegal cremation grounds in the city.
The land in Bhandewadi was proposed to be a cremation ground but now temporarily houses an animal shelter. Even in an affidavit filed in Nagpur bench of high court while hearing a PIL filed by Shah, the civic body had said that burial of dead animals was taking place near the Bhandewadi slaughter house in supervision of sanitary inspector, away from the shelter.
After knowing this, Chaurasia did not want to bury his pet illegally and unscientifically. "I tried contacting the civic officials repeatedly but nobody responded. I went to a 'ghat' where they asked me to leave my dog, saying they will take care of it," he said. With no other option, Chaurasia finally purchased cow dungs and cremated the dog in Bhandewadi. "Roger was with us since it was eight months old and has always been pampered. I was shocked to see that the civic authorities wanted me to dump it in the garbage dump yard and thus decided to go for an eco-friendly cremation," he added.

TOI could not contact the concerned NMC officials. Referring to cities like Pune and Mumbai which have systematic arrangements for cremation of pets, animal activists said that same should be implemented in the city. "Animals should not be buried at an animal shelter or dump yard. NMC staffers don't follow proper techniques too. Deep burial is the right way, the hole should be at least 6 feet deep," said Shah.


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