Hubballi: Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) plans to have a dedicated animal crematorium on the BBMP line.
The HDMC Electricity Department has initiated the process to get the price of a sophisticated crematorium unit through e-procurement.
After getting prices, officials will float short-term tenders.
Currently HDMC intends to regulate two crematoriums in Hubballi and Dharwad, each of which, where they expect expenses of up to RS 40 lakh per unit.
In the absence of animal crematoriums, people throw dead animals in the outskirts, especially on Jalan Karwar, PB Road, Gokul Road and Gopankoppa.
After the crematorium is arranged, people need to call the control room and animals will be taken to the crematorium.
HDMC has identified trash cans in Hubballi and Dharwad to arrange units.
Dr.
Ravi Saligigoud, from the HDMC veterinary department said that from January this year, they had received complaints about 190 pigs, 409 dogs and 162 other animals.
After receiving complaints, HDMC staff took dead animals to the garbage yard and bury them.
BC Ganachari, Executive Engineer, the electrical part said, “Commissioner HDMC Suresh has itnal directs us to find the price of the crematorium machine.
The whole process includes floating e-tenders will be carried out in 15 days.
Before this detailed project report will be sent for approval.” Amogh Jujar, said a social activist, “My pet dog Bruno, died of illness and we felt very difficult to give him a decent funeral, instead of handing it to civil authorities.
Sunil Nalavade, Admin ‘Hublicity-Egg’ and I tried to find if there was Options available to cremate pets.
We finally managed to bury it on the outskirts.
“” Later, we tweeted the need for animal crematorium markings to the Handle of Twitter Department of Animal Husbandry, which is Secretary Department of P Manivannan reacts and wrote a letter to Ajay Nagabhushan, Secretary, Department Urban development to direct HDMC to setting a craft Maturium for animals, “he added.