The city government of Tacloban, Leyte has bought a 6,000-square meter lot for the mass burial of at least 1,400 corpses that remain unburied almost two months after super typhoon Yolanda struck on November 8, Councilor Jerry Uy told PNA on Monday.
Interviewed by phone, Uy said the unburied bodies have caused anxiety among Tacloban residents after millions of flies invaded the city.
They are also complaining that the stench from the cadavers was disrupting even their sleep.
Uy said the burial site is in Barangay Basper, some 10 kilometers north of Tacloban.
The bodies have been placed in a muddy field in Barangay San Isidro where forensics experts work to identify them.
However, Eutiquio Balunan, the San Isidro barangay captain, said the processing of the cadavers had been suspended over the Christmas weekend as the forensics experts went on holiday.
"We are requesting the city government to please bury the cadavers because our children and elderly residents are getting sick," he said. "This place has become a fly factory."
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the death toll from the typhoon, the world’s strongest this year, had risen to 6,155 with 1,179 others missing.
However, the NDRRMC earlier said it was uncertain if the number included the bodies in San Isidro.
Monday 30 December 2013
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