Updated: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:24 (IST) Delhi Municipal Corporation has made it mandatory to use cow dung cakes in cremation to reduce air pollution. MCD has directed officials to use only cow dung cakes in four cremation grounds. Satya Sharma said that henceforth only those who use cow dung cakes will get extension. The corporation will install machines to make cow dung cakes and this will also be mandatory for dairies. Delhi Municipal Corporation has made it mandatory to use cow dung cakes in cremation. File photo Jagran Correspondent, New Delhi. To reduce air pollution and save the environment in Delhi, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) now mandates the use of cow dung cakes for cremation. In addition, it also implements the use of cow dung cakes instead of wood. MCD has directed officials to ensure that the four cremation grounds operate only on cow dung cakes. Remove Advertisement Read Only News While chairing a high-level meeting on air pollution, standing committee chairman Satya Sharma gave these instructions to the officials of the public health department. He clearly stated that only those institutions that manage cremation grounds will get extension from the Corporation that will use cow dung cakes for cremation in the coming years. After the meeting, Satya Sharma said that cow dung cakes should be used for cremation in cremation grounds to promote clean, traditional and environment friendly process. He appealed to the MCD to install machinery to convert cow dung into pits and make logs for cremation. This process requires at least four cow dungs… The Corporation will make arrangements to install machines for this work in future. Dairies should also be required to make cow dung cakes. The veterinary department should also take action against those who do not. Satya Sharma said the initiative would promote environmental protection and promote clean, traditional cremation. He instructed the relevant departments to implement the decisions taken in the meeting in a timely and effective manner. It is noteworthy that such methods are already being adopted at Panchkuinya Road cremation ground and Nigam Bodh cremation ground. However, cremation with only cow dung cakes is currently not available anywhere. These cremation grounds also provide cow dung cakes and wood along with wood to reduce the use of wood. Around 300 to 400 cremations take place in Delhi every year. Each cremation requires approximately 500-700 kg of wood.