If the Chinese agree to be buried at sea, the government pays for funeral

In China, the acute problem of space: in particular, the cemetery land is scarce. With a population of 1, 35 billion people, rapid economic growth and rapidly rising real estate prices in the land disposal of the person it becomes really expensive and rare privilege.

In some cities, the government is trying to convince the people to bury relatives in the sea. The government agrees to pay $ 1,300 to the family and thus to compensate for all the costs of cremation and the vessel necessary to dispel the ashes of a relative over the sea.

It seems that the procedure is quite expensive, but for China, it is still cheaper than a traditional burial in the ground, given the costs of caring for the grave. In Beijing, even the cheap grave, where it will rest urn with the ashes, costs about $ 16 000. So that the funeral - a real problem that China must deal with now, since it is expected that in the coming years will die of old age about 20 million people.

via factroom.ru