Fear grows over missing Kaieteur Falls tourist
Missing tourist: Dr Gyaneshwarie Sivinand
Missing tourist: Dr Gyaneshwarie Sivinand

Authorities here have intensified their search for a tourist who disappeared during a visit to the Kaieteur National Park on Tuesday.Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud yesterday reported that a party of policemen, along with Kaieteur National Park rangers and Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) officers are searching the area for Dr Gyaneshwarie Sivinand, who went missing while on an expedition to the Falls.

Chief of Staff Mark Phillips told this publication that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is coordinating the search while the GDF is monitoring the situation and is on standby to assist. The Department of Natural Resources at the Ministry of the Presidency said the Government is committed to the search operation.

Dr Sivinand, who is said to be 40 years old, an environmentalist of a conservation group, was reported missing when the tour guide was distributing chits for snacks during the tour.
Reports indicated that the doctor was observed crying during the tour and disappeared unnoticed even though she had visited the location several times to conduct research. She was expected to leave Guyana by the end of this week for Miami. The Department of the Environment on Tuesday night announced that all activities and visits to the Kaieteur Falls National Park had been cancelled as official search crews moved into the area.
Dr Sivinand was part of a group of persons on a tour, organised by a local tour operator Air Services Limited.

 

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