Jisha Surya
Thiruvananthapuram: When shrines, trees, shops and even statues obstruct road widening in the city, the dead ones are showing the way. After years of deadlock, a portion of the 165-year-old cemetery belonging to the St Joseph’s Cathedral, Palayam at Pattoor will finally be demolished for widening of a stretch in the Palayam-Airport Road under City roads improvement project (Crip).
The construction of new vault is nearing completion after which as many as 480 mortal remains will be relocated. The shifting of mortal remains will begin by mid-March.
The widening of the small stretch at Pattoor was a question of debate for the past seven years. As many as 480 tombs, including that of Annie Mascarene, the first woman to represent the state in Lok Sabha, will be shifted from the 23 cents belonging to the St Joseph’s Church as part of the work. The nearby St Thomas Marthoma Church will give away 11 cents. After years of discussion, the church agreed to give their land for road works in August 2010. In return, KRFB decided to provide 27 cents and money for construction of vault. Part of the land acquired from the public health laboratory will be handed over to the church for constructing vault.
But, things were not smooth for KRFB as new issues cropped up. Next was the turn of the Public Health Laboratory, which shares boundary with the parish cemetery at Pattoor. Citing construction of vault which was very close to their building as a violation of norms, the Pharmacy Council Employees Union filed a case and secured a stop memo from city corporation in November, 2011.
Recently, government issued a notification permitting the construction of vault as a special case. Following this, the corporation revoked the stop memo. “The construction of vault is nearing completion. The new vault can hold 800 caskets,” said Shajan Martin, secretary of parish pastoral council, St Joseph’s Metropolitan Church.
“Each mortal remains will be shifted with special prayers. Only around seven remains could be relocated per day,” he added.
The construction of vault for St Thomas Marthoma Church was also completed near the church premises. “We got 11 cents on the backside of the church as compensation for the 11 cents we allotted for road widening works. The number of tombs, which need to be relocated, will be finalized only after the KRFB authorities mark the location,” said Fr M Samuel, vicar of St Thomas Marthoma Church, Pattoor.
Thiruvananthapuram: When shrines, trees, shops and even statues obstruct road widening in the city, the dead ones are showing the way. After years of deadlock, a portion of the 165-year-old cemetery belonging to the St Joseph’s Cathedral, Palayam at Pattoor will finally be demolished for widening of a stretch in the Palayam-Airport Road under City roads improvement project (Crip).
The construction of new vault is nearing completion after which as many as 480 mortal remains will be relocated. The shifting of mortal remains will begin by mid-March.
The widening of the small stretch at Pattoor was a question of debate for the past seven years. As many as 480 tombs, including that of Annie Mascarene, the first woman to represent the state in Lok Sabha, will be shifted from the 23 cents belonging to the St Joseph’s Church as part of the work. The nearby St Thomas Marthoma Church will give away 11 cents. After years of discussion, the church agreed to give their land for road works in August 2010. In return, KRFB decided to provide 27 cents and money for construction of vault. Part of the land acquired from the public health laboratory will be handed over to the church for constructing vault.
But, things were not smooth for KRFB as new issues cropped up. Next was the turn of the Public Health Laboratory, which shares boundary with the parish cemetery at Pattoor. Citing construction of vault which was very close to their building as a violation of norms, the Pharmacy Council Employees Union filed a case and secured a stop memo from city corporation in November, 2011.
Recently, government issued a notification permitting the construction of vault as a special case. Following this, the corporation revoked the stop memo. “The construction of vault is nearing completion. The new vault can hold 800 caskets,” said Shajan Martin, secretary of parish pastoral council, St Joseph’s Metropolitan Church.
“Each mortal remains will be shifted with special prayers. Only around seven remains could be relocated per day,” he added.
The construction of vault for St Thomas Marthoma Church was also completed near the church premises. “We got 11 cents on the backside of the church as compensation for the 11 cents we allotted for road widening works. The number of tombs, which need to be relocated, will be finalized only after the KRFB authorities mark the location,” said Fr M Samuel, vicar of St Thomas Marthoma Church, Pattoor.
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