The plan involves bifurcating materials cow dung and stubble into uniform logs of two to three feet for better combustion, with NGOs and private stakeholders also showing interest in supporting the ...

The calorific value of the cow dung briquettes is higher than the wood and nearly 250-300 kg of briquettes will be sufficient to cremate one body In a bid to promote eco-friendly ways of cremation, ...

Mumbai: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) presided by Justice K K Tated has initiated a fact-finding inquiry following a complaint requesting the use of cow dung cakes instead of wood at ...

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation is promoting use of cow dung cakes for cremation at Ambazari Ghat.Besides proving to be cost-effective, this step is being viewed as an effort towards saving trees. An ...

The Odisha government plans to introduce cow-dung cakes (ghassi) for cremation instead of wood. This will be introduced at Swargadwara, the famous Hindu crematorium in Puri, located near the sea beach ...

In India's remote north-east, recent floods have forced people in the state of Bihar to come up with an environmentally friendly way to cremate their dead. Where traditionally only the wood from a ...

Lucknow: First time in Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi is all set to use cow dung cakes for cremation purposes for an eco-friendly environment. The idea has been mooted by the Kashi Mokshdayini Samiti which ...

After repeated insistence from councillors, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has finalised a plan to introduce the use of ...

NEW DELHI: Cow is worshipped in India for ages as ‘mother’ and now it could also be facilitator in providing ‘moksha’. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is exploring to start a pilot project ...

MAHARASHTRA: Generation for the cow is one thing and developing a protection model for the animal by making it sustainable is quite another. A few NGOs in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon have come out with ...

Bhubaneswar: A man was denied cremation of her wife by some locals of Kuchei village of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha after her family didn’t give dowry as per local tradition. The husband of the ...