The unique endeavour to convert a regular crematorium at Worli into an aesthetically designed new-age facility had to be watered down as a Metro 3 site occupies 30 per cent of the project’s area, on which green spaces, walkways and parking areas were to come up. Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Smashan Bhumi, however, has been set up on the land available and the trust concerned is ready to hand over the space to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) by December 30.

In 2019, the Antim Sanskar Seva organisation, part of the Hiralal Parekh Parivar Charity Trust, signed a memorandum of understanding with the BMC to redevelop the Worli crematorium on Dr E Moses Road, entirely through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding. Troubled by the derelict conditions of many of the city’s crematoria, the trust aimed to create a facility that offers privacy and dignity to the deceased.