LUCKNOW, Sept. 10 -- One of Lucknow's dysfunctional electric cremation machines was restored on Thursday, hours after Hindustan Times reported that repeated breakdowns had left three of the six machines at the city's major crematoriums out of order.

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) restored one of the two machines at Bhaisakund near 1090 crossing, LMC chief engineer (electrical and mechanical) Manoj Prabhat confirmed to HT. He said the other two dysfunctional machines would also be restored.

HT had reported that one machine each at Bhaisakund, Gulala Ghat and VIP Road remained dysfunctional despite repeated repair and maintenance work. The three crematoriums have two electric cremation machines each.

At Bhaisakund, officials sai...