The Persistent illegal sand Mining at sand Mining on Over Funkia Beach in the Western Area Rural District has seen the destruction of graves, thereby leaving corpse swimming on the beach .

Following uncontrolled illegal mining on the beach , whenever it rains heavily , flooding occurs and washed human corpses and coffins from Their graves .

Member of Parliament for Constituency 110 , hosting the cemetery, Honourable Kadie Davies expressed Sadness Over the Ugly Development.

She said they have raised numerous concerns of their loved ones being washed away by the Sea tides , but that to date , nothing has been done to address the issue.

Mustapha Sesay is a local fisherman in the community . He said the of illegal sand Mining on the beach has become more alarming than the previous . He said when miners dig out layers of sand, river bank become less stable and more dangerous.
Councilor for ward 386 in Constituency 109, Mohamed Mansaray Popular known as Med De Guy said as a stakeholder , he has personally tried to secure the cemetery from the floods but the wild illegal sand Mining couldn’t not help . He recommended that beach guard posts be established to man the beach