Ministry not responsible for maintaining cemetery – Benn

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn has said that although his ministry had last year engaged itself in some restoration work at Le Repentir Cemetery, maintenance is not its responsibility.

“There are some issues which we saw there and some time ago we visited the area to address those issues of change,” the minister told Stabroek News on Wednesday.

He explained that the ministry spent $15 million to clear thick vegetation from the city cemetery, transforming it to a state that was acceptable to the public eye and the