Almost half of England's
cemeteries could run out of space within the next 20 years, a BBC survey
suggests.
And a quarter of 358
local authorities responding to the BBC said they would have no more room for
burials within a decade.
Cemetery experts warned
of a looming "crisis", while managers called for a change in law to
allow graves that are more than 75-years-old to be reused.
Introducing a law
stipulating that graves can be reused after 75 years is a way of tackling the
problem, but it just so happens to be, in my eyes, the wrong way, surely the
more logical thing to do would be to simply buy more land.
Why is the most obvious
option being overlooked for something so unnecessary and needlessly complicated?
Aside from it being unnecessary
the way this 75 year rule would work, assuming it became law, would see the remains
of the original person being dug up, digging a deeper grave putting the remains
of the original person back in and then using the space on top.
I can’t really see that
catching on and I can’t imagine too many people being ok with having their
relatives remains dug up and then being re-buried underneath somebody else.
If this ‘crisis’ is
really that bad then just buy more land, it’s the obvious and, most importantly,
best way to handle it.
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