MOURNERS were enraged to see a Ulez camera had been installed just 150 yards from a cemetery and crematorium.
Mourner John Tully was on his way to a funeral this week when he spotted the new camera in Upminster, East London.
A Ulez camera has been put up near Upminster cemetery
He said: “I was quite sad really to think that people visit that crematorium on a regular basis to see the graves, to see where their loved ones have ended up.
“Some people visit more than once a week.”
Meanwhile local resident Shaun Carr, 53, told The Sun: “There’s a real sense of anger over this. Khan has no empathy.
“Ulez could be Khan’s poll tax moment. People are not going to take this lying down.”
Yesterday the device, designed to enforce the £12.50 daily charge, had been cut down with an angle grinder.
The camera is one of hundreds that have been erected in outer London to support the rollout of Khan’s loathed eco scheme.
Vigilantes have targeted the cameras in a spate of attacks in recent days, employing spray paint and wire cutters.
Anger has continued to mount over the Mayor’s controversial levy on older, more polluting vehicles, which came into force across the capital’s 32 boroughs on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the National Association of Funeral Directors said: “We need to make life easier for bereaved people, not harder.
“This cemetery serves not only a large community within London, but also communities in Essex and Hertfordshire too – all of whom would not only visit the cemetery to attend a funeral but may return regularly to visit the grave of a loved one.
“With the various low emissions zones in operation around the UK all having their own set of rules and exemptions, it’s challenging for any traveller to feel confident they have mastered the rules, let alone someone who has lost a loved one and is therefore likely to be extremely distressed.
“Hopefully, compassion and fairness will prevail.”
A spokesman for TfL said: “We will continue to review Ulez camera locations to ensure they are supporting meeting the scheme’s main objective, which is cleaning up the capital’s toxic air.”
Anti-ULEZ campaigners have been branded ‘heroes’ for taking the cameras down