The Tamil Nadu government has decided to relax the time restrictions for reopening family graves in Christian cemeteries for fresh burials and also to allow multi-tier vault systems across the State like the one existing in Kilpauk cemetery in Chennai.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said necessary orders would be issued within a week in this regard. The government has decided to allow the reopening family graves in Christian cemeteries within 12 months, in cases where the previous burial was not in a coffin.
If the previous burial was in wooden coffins, the family grave could be reopened after 18 months for fresh burials and in cases where the previous burial was in metal coffin, the family grave could be reopened after seven years.
