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Apr 13, 2013 News
As complaints of a significant shortage of quarry materials (stones) pour in, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, yesterday said that the Ministry is currently holding discussions with investors regarding the opening of new quarries.
This is expected to ease the tensions among especially, home builders who depend on these materials for the construction of their homes.
Persaud said that officers from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) are conducting ground works into the production and output of quarry materials, in an effort to determine why the shortages occur, and what can be done to make things better.
It has been a few months now, and those engaged in construction works continue to be tremendously affected by what seems to be a repeated shortage of quarry materials on the market.
This scenario would usually result in the few local suppliers having to ration stones, this key building material.
According to a few builders and truck owners, the shortages have become a bit too regular, and something needs to be done.
Kaieteur News understands that while there is a general shortage of these materials, there are especially times when there are absolutely no stones available.
“This affecting us terribly, because we working on a loan from the bank, and my husband quit his job to look over the work. We are struggling for a daily bread as it is so when we don’t get the materials, the work does left stalled. The bank does question us, and it causing a real strain on our pockets,” Nalita Singh, one home builder said.
Just recently these shortages resulted in a scene being created in front of the Stone Department of Toolsie Persaud Limited’s location in Providence, East Bank Demerara.
Among those affected, are the truck operators who transport these materials in an effort to provide for their families.
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