GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)® www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ http://www.goa-world.com/ http://www.goa-world.com/goa/credit%5Ccredit.htm Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. >________________________________ >Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter - everyday someone, somewhere learns a >little..... > >Indian funeral centre by JanuarySajila Saseendran / 13 November 2012 >Khaleej Times > >A final resting place for Indian expatriates in Sharjah and the Northern >Emirates is scheduled to open in January 2013, the Minister for Overseas >Indian Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, announced. >The minister was speaking after visiting the construction site of the new >multi-faith funeral centre off Sharjah Airport Road on Sunday. He also handed >over Dh500,000 allotted to the facility from a community welfare fund for >overseas Indians. > >The facility is designed to have four gas cremators for Hindus, Sikhs and >Buddhists as well as burial grounds for Muslims and Christians, said YA Rahim, >president of the Indian Association Sharjah (IAS), which is executing the over >Dh5million project. >He said IAS plans to open the facility with at least one cremator by mid >January. “The compound wall for the Christian burial yard has already been >made by the Public Works Department. The same for the Muslims will be done >soon,” Rahim told Khaleej Times. > >“We are getting the first cremator valued at $29,000 from the US by next >month. In future, we are planning to have at least three more cremators for >the believers of the three religions,” he said. >The Indian Consulate in Dubai records about 1,300 deaths of Indians in Dubai >and the Northern Emirates every year. Though the exact figures are not >available, a good number of deceased are either buried or cremated here. >When it starts functioning, the funeral centre will not just be a final abode >for the community members, but it will also be an example of the Sharjah >government’s magnanimity and an expression of the Indian expatriates’ >contribution to their community. >The land for the funeral centre spread in 8.3acres opposite the Sharjah Cement >Factory in Al Sajja was donated by His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed >Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member and the Ruler of Sharjah. The donation came >after the need for a decent crematorium for the Indian expatriates arose. >According to IAS officials, the need was felt after they witnessed the >cremation of their founder president K Madhavan who died in an accident. His >body was cremated in the manual cremation facility which is in a municipal >dump yard. >The Dh500,000 from the Indian Community Welfare Fund, a cheque which the >minister handed over to IAS officials on Sunday, came after a proposal by the >Indian Ambassador to the UAE, MK Lokesh. > >Following the proposal, the minister expanded the scope of the fund that is >collected through a Dh10 fee from Indian expatriates which is collected when >they avail each consular service. > >The Consul General of India in Dubai, Sanjay Verma also pitched in to pool >contribution from members of the Indian community. On his recommendation, the >Gurudwara Committee in Dubai offered Dh325, 000 to the funeral centre. >The Indian Community Welfare Committee under the patronage of the Consulate >contributed Dh100,000. The same amount was donated by hotelier SP Singh and >EMKE Group Managing Director MA Yousuffali. The latter has promised to add >Dh200,000 more from his side, said Rahim. >“We are deeply grateful to Shaikh Sultan for his love, affection and >benevolence towards the Indian community,” Rahim added. > >saj...@khaleejtimes.com > _________________________________________________________________________ >___________________________________________________________________________ > > The First Online Konkani Music Station - Started on March 14, 2000 >http://www.live365.com/stations/61664 >Konkani Video on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/uly334 >www.targetgoa.com http://goablog100.blogspot.com
