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The Massacre Cemetery is said to be almost filled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dominica’s Chief Environmental Health Officer, Anthony Scotland, has disclosed that there are major concerns over the “lack of burial space” at the Massacre Cemetery and the impact this is having on surrounding communities.<\/p>\n

The cemetery has been described as “almost filled” and the issue has been of long running concern for residents who are battling for space to bury their loved ones.<\/p>\n

The environmental health department has been looking for a plot of land in the Mahaut community for a new cemetery but, according to Scotland, has been been encountering some setbacks.<\/p>\n

He said a meeting was held in April with a number of stakeholders and residents and an action plan was formulated to chart the way forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you that we are still faced with the space issue and Massacre burial ground is almost filled,” Scotland noted. “And as a result, we were trying to get a section of the Mahaut Cemetery Phase One developed. So that is where it is at the moment.”<\/p>\n

He explained that the Ministry of Communications and Works has decided to take up the responsibilities of cleaning up a section of the new cemetery site in Mahaut and to put in place a drainage system.<\/p>\n

The idea is to put in the road infrastructure for the area, have it demarcated, treated and cleared up properly.<\/p>\n

When that is completed the environmental health department will issue the necessary documents to have the Massacre Cemetery closed down and probably revisited after a couple of years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is to start phase one in Mahaut but unfortunately it has not yet been completed,” Scotland explained. “Massacre is still being used but sparingly because they have to really search to get a proper grave to open. Massacre is restricted so at the moment some people are being buried at the Roseau Public Cemetery.”<\/p>\n

He is hoping that a total survey which was conducted by then chief physical planner, Raphael Francis, on the status of all cemeteries on the island will soon be implemented.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a lot of good recommendations,” Scotland stated. “The laws for burial are outdated, we need to review the legislation. We now have issues of cremation, entombment is also an issue. It is a challenging area we are looking at. Dominica is hilly and land space is not very accessible.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica’s Chief Environmental Health Officer, Anthony Scotland, has disclosed that there are major concerns over the “lack of burial space” at the Massacre Cemetery and the impact this is having on surrounding communities. 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