When will the Nanning funeral home be relocated?

December 30, 2004

Background relocation is a need for urban development

According to reports, Nanning City Funeral Home was first built in the 1960s and has More than 40 years.

With the development of the city, this urban funeral home is also facing various problems. The first is the issue of air quality. Although the relevant departments have renovated the cremation equipment in recent years and dismantled the chimneys that have stood for more than 40 years, which has greatly improved the quality of the air emitted after the cremator is burned, it has not fundamentally solved the environmental problem. pollution problem; secondly, the rapid development of urban construction also puts forward requirements for the relocation of cremation workshops.

Deputies to the Nanning Municipal People’s Congress, members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and citizens are eager to move the cremation workshop out of the city.

The relevant person in charge of the Nanning Civil Affairs Bureau said that moving the cremation workshop of the funeral home out of the urban area is a good and practical thing done by the Nanning Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to improve the quality of citizens’ living environment.

The transportation government is about to open transportation buses

The cremation workshop will be moved out of the city to separate the cremation area and the funeral service area. The new cremation workshop is located next to the Nanwu Secondary Highway in Qitang Village, Wutang Town, Yongning County, about 10 kilometers from the Wutang Toll Station and 40 kilometers from the urban area.

Because it is far from the urban area, it may cause some inconvenience to citizens. Relevant departments stated that after the cremation workshop is put into use, the Nanning Municipal Government will coordinate with relevant departments to open transportation vehicles as soon as possible. At the same time, Nanning City Funeral Home will also take measures to transport freshly burned ashes back to the funeral home as soon as possible to provide convenience for citizens to store and receive ashes.

The funeral procession and farewell of the remains are still in the funeral home

After the cremation workshop is relocated, the funeral home will still retain the services of refrigeration of the remains, farewell of the remains and storage of ashes. If there are no special requirements, there is no need to go to the new cremation workshop for funeral services. The new cremation workshop also has the conditions for citizens to carry out funeral activities. People living in Wutang Town and surrounding areas can go to the new cremation workshop to handle funeral services. Since the columbarium and cemetery have not been relocated, citizens' worship activities can still be carried out in the funeral home.

After the cremation workshop is relocated, the deceased’s belongings, such as clothing, etc., are prohibited from burning in the funeral home. The funeral home will designate a fixed area for collection, and then hand it over to the Nanning Medical Waste Treatment Center for unified processing.

Paid funeral fees will be slightly adjusted

After the new cremation workshop is opened, will the funeral service fees increase? The relevant person in charge said that the current funeral service charges in Nanning City are charged in accordance with the standards approved by the autonomous region’s price department. Each service item has a clear charging standard and will not be changed at will. After the cremation workshop is moved out of the city, transportation costs will increase. The Nanning Funeral Management Office will coordinate with the price department to make appropriate adjustments, but the content and extent of the adjustments will not be too large and will not add too much economic benefit to the citizens. burden.