Puruni road in deplorable state

Dear Editor
PLEASE permit me a space in your column to express the distress and the plight of miners who contribute greatly to the GDP of this country. We pay a lot of royalties to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), which are supposed to be for the purpose of enhancing the mining industry.
Roads are very important to miners in gaining access to their work lands. The Puruni road, being one of the major roads, is in a deplorable state and funds have already been budgeted for this road. It is time for these funds to come out of the newspapers and be put to work.
At this point, many miners have closed their dredges because it is very expensive and impossible to get to their work ground. The road is impassible, trucks are being covered in slush, bikes and cruisers cannot pass and people are being stranded.
Miners do not know who is responsible for the repairs and maintenance of roads and bridges, but at this moment many of them need urgent attention. The syndicate body is appealing to the rightful authorities, asking for these roads to be urgently dealt with, because people’s lives are disrupted, vehicles are damaged and the journey that takes hours now takes days. This is a real nightmare and is unacceptable.
Regards
Leon Moses
Secretary
National Mining Syndicate

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