Puri, May 16 : Developed at a cost of Rs 5 crore released from the Chief Minister relief fund the renovated Swargdwar cremation site, considered as holy has been dedicated to service.

It now has 28 platforms for cremation, a waiting hall for the relatives of the dead, toilets, drinking water.The registration process would operate through a single window system.

A green belt and a parking lot has been created.This apart every item required for cremation for the would be available including timber logs for burning.

While the cremation ground is illuminated,CCTV cameras were installed in the Swargadwar.

As per tradition dead bodies in Swargadwar were burned using firewood. People did not use the electric furnace which was crumbled in cyclone Fani..

As a large number of bodies are being brought by people from across the state for cremation in Swargadwar every day, the people have to face difficult situations as the crematorium has little basic facilities.

Official sources said entire development has been made as per Mahaprasthan model practised in Telangana , according to P K Panigrahi,project engineer of state bridge construction corporation(OBCC) the agency which was entrusted to develop the cremation site

By June an administrative building, a conference hall and Pathshradh gruha would be completed, Mr Panigrahi said.
Additional district magistrate Binay Kumar Das and sub collector Bhabataran Sahu were present on the occasion.(UNI)