Graves allocated for road carnage

BANDUNG, West Java: The Bandung municipal administration has set aside more than one hundred graves to anticipate the likelihood of increased road deaths during the Idul Fitri and Christmas holidays.

Juniarso Ridwan, head of Bandung park and cemetery agency, said on Saturday that the graves were located in 13 Muslim, Christian and public cemeteries in the regency.

"Based on our experience last year, the toll increased over Idul Fitri, Christmas and the New Year. We also provided some officers to help people dig the graves," he said.

Juniarso said his office had to open some unregistered graves due to limited land in the cemeteries. --Antara