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The electric crematorium is managed by Lucknow Municipal Corporation.Machine’s operator Shyamu Singh said the crematorium was closed for repairing on September 2 and was restarted on September 12. Also, there is growing demand for it because it is eco-friendly.In the past two weeks, seven bodies were brought to the electric crematorium, but only one could be cremated. So we had to go to the adjacent crematorium.”LMC commissioner Indramani Tripathi said, “The machines of electric crematorium are five years old, so breakdown is frequent. By Pranchal SrivastavaLUCKNOW: The only electric crematorium of the city at Baikunth Dham has been lying defunct for the past two weeks.Electric cremation costs between Rs 300-500 as compared to the traditional way of wooden pyre which costs over Rs 4,000. Now, it’s functional,” Tripathi said.“A new machine at the crematorium will come by September end,” he added..