After a prolonged wait, the western suburbs finally have a pet incinerator facility in Malad West. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Pet Animal Electric Cemetery was inaugurated on Friday at the Malad cattle pond in Evershine Nagar. The facility, powered by a PNG incinerator, operates with zero gas emission pollution and can handle up to 50 kg of biomass per hour. The BMC had initially planned to construct incinerators in Malad, Deonar, and Mahalaxmi in 2018. However, it took years for the civic authorities to bring this idea to fruition.

Member of Parliament Gopal Shetty stated, “The project was approved in 2019 and completed in 2023. We are hoping to see animal lovers use this facility to its fullest. Such facilities should be constructed all over India by keeping this project as an example. Being a social cause, animal and pet lovers should come forward and help the authorities to support and maintain the facility.”