By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The inauguration of Eco-friendly Crematorium, “Ka Khnap Thangbru” will be held at Lumjingthang Briew, Jaiaw Laitdom (Wahumkhrah) on December 28 at 12 noon. The crematorium is an innovation of Kambel Shullai, the National Grassroots Technological Innovations and Traditional Knowledge Awardee.
Union Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs VH Pala,will inaugurate the crematorium in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister BM Lanong and Paul Lyngdoh, MLA, Jaiaw Constituency.
On the occasion the Sein Raij Niamtre will confer Shullai with the Lakhon Chullai Lifetime Achievement Award. Shullai was born in Jowai on February 8, 1939 and his parents were (L) Nesimai Shullai and (L) Mahin Rymbai. Though he went to school, he had to drop out after Class II due to ill health. During the Chinese aggression of 1962 he joined the Civil Defence Training organized by the Government of India in Shillong. Here he gained experience about the mechanism of fire control which made him think about innovating the system of cremating the dead.
The low cost environment friendly crematorium is a long structure, open at one end and connected to a 36 feet high chimney at the other end. The chimney has a cover that can be operated from outside for controlling the intensity of the flames.