The dead are being removed from part of the Ses Salines cemetery due to the risk of collapse.

The niches next to the chapel in the Ses Salines cemetery, specifically those from numbers 49 to 198, must be emptied because they are at risk of collapse, sources from the Salines Town Council explained to ARA Baleares. The area is currently shored up, but work cannot begin until all the remains in these niches have been exhumed.

Sources from the Ses Salines Town Council explain that this intervention must be carried out "out of necessity, not on a whim." "Everything needs maintenance," the same source states. "I wish it didn't have to be done," they say. They also emphasize that both Town Council and external technicians determined through reports that there was a risk of collapse. To remove the remains, individuals contact the person who manages the cemetery and sign a document giving their consent to do so. "No one is removed without a discussion and without signing the document," insist sources from the Town Council.

According to the details, "there are families who want to cremate the remains or some prefer to place them inside the municipal burial mound," among other options. The families are responsible for the cost of the option they choose. However, the City Council clarifies that "the rental periods" that the families have paid to have the deceased in the municipal facilities are respected.

The legally established time limits for exhuming a body are also taken into account, which, according to City Council sources, "are five years." "The City Council respects this time limit, but there are people who prefer to do it even if five years have not passed in order to keep their relatives safe," they explain.

Some residents of the municipality do not understand why residents should bear the cost of cremation or the process they choose to store their relatives' remains. "Why should people have to pay for facilities that should be well maintained? This process must be emotionally taxing enough without having to pay for it on top of that," some salt workers complain.