New Delhi: To get rid of pollution on the banks of the Ganga, a parliamentary committee has observed that the water resources ministry and state governments should popularise the practice of electric crematorium in the Ganga basin states to put an end to disposal of unburnt or half-burnt bodies.

The standing committee on water resources also asked the ministry to develop improvised crematorium requiring smaller quantity of wood, keeping the social sensitivity in mind.

Various studies have in the past suggested that the practice of disposal of unburnt or half-burnt bodies was one of the major reasons for pollution on the banks of the Ganga.