Pet cemetery in Pune named Chirantan

The pet cemetery managed by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) would now be known as Chirantan.
On the occasion of its fourth anniversary on Wednesday, the PCMC organised a small function at the cemetery in which mayor Yogesh Behl, former mayor Mangla Kadam, municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma and veterinary chief of the civic body, Dr Satish Gore, and others were present.

Behl announced that the PCMC will set up a crematorium run on compressed natural gas (CNG) at the cemetery. It would cost the civic body about Rs25 lakh.

According to civic officials, this would not only speed up disposal of animal carcasses, but also save space. At present, the cemetery is nearly full as over 1,000 burials have taken place.

The PCMC had set up the cemetery in March 2007 in Nehrunagar to enable citizens to bury their pet cats, dogs, goats and other domestic animals. The cemetery is one-of-its-kind set up by any municipal corporation in the country.

The PCMC renovated the cemetery recently. The civic body had been making efforts to change the cemetery’s look and making it comfortable and attractive for visitors with increased green cover, additional benches, pavement blocks and toilets.

A storage facility has also been planned to stock salt, pesticide, charcoal and neem leaves required for the burial of pets.