Overview
- The municipal cemetery in Alto Cayma was inaugurated on January 8 with more than 600 spaces after an investment exceeding S/2.8 million.
- The first stage omitted the provisional COVID-19 burial sector, leaving roughly 50 graves outside the walled perimeter.
- Families and neighbors warn of deterioration and lack of maintenance for those graves and call for their inclusion in the project.
- Mayor Juan Carlos Linares says the site provides 400 aerial niches with the rest in-ground, and the complex includes a chapel and concrete enclosure.
- Authorities signaled second and third construction stages, but the next phase has no start date, and residents seek clear plans to integrate the pandemic plots.