Patna, Feb. 17 -- Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar on Tuesday said in the House that a decision on the demand for constructing electric crematoriums in rural areas will be taken by the Panchayati Raj Department after a review meeting.
Through his call attention, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MLA Raju Tiwari raised the issue of the need for crematoriums in rural areas. During the reply being made by the Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, the Speaker said that the Panchayati Raj Ministry would take a decision after holding a review.
Sinha informed the House that at present 264 urban local bodies have been identified for the construction of electric crematoriums. Construction work has started in 41 urban bodies, of which 11 have alr...