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There is a shortage of suitable lands for use as cemeteries here in St.
\nVincent and the Grenadines.
\nThis is one of the challenges facing the traditional burial method on the
\nisland, with factors such as climate change also taking a toll on the
\nnation\u2019s cemeteries.
\nMinister of Urban Development Benarva Browne during a recent
\nappearance on WE FM\u2019s Issue At Hand program said that there are
\nseveral activities being planned to address issues affecting cemeteries.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s also a shortage of suitable lands for cemeteries as well, and the
\nexpansion is a bit of a challenge, and we also have the issues relating to
\nclimate change, climate change is really affecting the cemeteries. We
\nhave some activities planned to try and address the issues regarding
\ncemeteries,\u201d the Urban Development Minister said.
\nMinister Browne, during her appearance on the Issue At Hand program
\nalso disclosed that %25 of the 45 cemeteries being managed by the
\nUrban Development Ministry are either at capacity or nearing capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There is a shortage of suitable lands for use as cemeteries here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This is one of the challenges facing the traditional burial method on the island, with factors such as climate change also taking a toll on the nation\u2019s cemeteries. Minister of Urban Development Benarva Browne during a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n