Noble Park, Australia- Noble Park residents are having to eat their meals in clear view of a cemetery’s gravesites, tombstones and burials – and the Greater Dandenong council says it is powerless to do anything.
The Jewish Chevra Kadisha Cemetery in Browns Road, Noble Park, has begun knocking down a dilapidated brick wall that acts as a boundary and screen between the cemetery and Browns Road.
But residents were surprised to learn the cemetery trust is replacing the wall with a wrought iron fence that will not shield the cemetery from view.
The new fence will not stop residents from seeing burials, as well as tombstones and grieving relatives and friends visiting gravesites.
Residents are also concerned that the cemetery views will reduce the value of their properties.
An elderly resident of Browns Road, 62-year-old Rex Diaz, fought back tears as he told Star that his emotional health was being put under strain at every meal time, with the cemetery in clear view from his dining room. [starnews]
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