Commuters travelling along Cemetery Road yesterday afternoon were for a period of time immersed in the smoky results of fires which had been set in Le Repentir Cemetery by a contractor or contractors hired by the city.
The contractors, who have been retained as part of the multi-million-dollar project to create a Clean and Green City, have been burning the debris from their efforts, mostly grass and other plant material, in the cemetery.
This action has resulted in destruction of several of the tombs in the cemetery as well as the emission of blankets of smoke in an area that for years suffered as a result of emissions from a constantly burning Le Repentir dumpsite.
When Stabroek News visited the area, there were at least five fires burning in different blocks of the cemetery.
