Gas furnaces readied at Shantikavadam Updated: Updated: Average number of cremations per day has gone up in recent days Share Article Average number of cremations per day has gone up in recent days The city Corporation had readied two gas furnaces at the Shanthikavadam electric crematorium located near Thycaud at a time when there is an increase in load at the crematorium due to COVID-19-related deaths. The work on the two gas furnaces at Shanthikavadam began last year after the COVID-19 outbreak, when the Corporation realised that there is a strain on the existing facilities. “We carried out the testing of the gas furnaces on Thursday. From today, it is being used for cremating COVID-19 patients,” said a Health official of the Corporation.