Ecological concerns: Hindus promote electric cremation in Agra
AGRA: Motivated by ecological concerns, enlightened Hindus here are promoting electric cremation of the dead.
"Each year we need a minimum of 55,000 trees to burn bodies in Agra," Vipin Gupta, manager of an electric facility called Baikunth Dham, told IANS.
"We are therefore promoting the electric crematorium and requesting families to use the facility," he added.