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Jun 11, 2013 News
…GRPA President voices appeal
Sections of the Corentyne highway are covered in thick mud spewed on the road by caged- wheel tractors exiting the back dams from the rice fields. Several complaints have been raised by motorists and residents regarding the current state of sections of the roadway.
Some of the affected portions include Cromarty, Phillipi and Numbers 63-70 Villages. The muddy roads are also prevalent in rice farming areas on the West Coast Berbice, including Numbers 7-11 Villages. Along the sections of roadway on Friday numerous caged- wheel tractors were parked, while some were in motion, with mud being pitched out from their wheels. They had just come out from the back dams.
In some sections, the mud was dried and this caused the roads to have a very bumpy and rough surface for driving.
Several months ago, when the problem raised its head, Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, issued an appeal to rice farmers to exercise caution and common sense by cleaning their tractors before bringing them out on the public road.
President of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA), Mr. Leekah Rambrich, appealed to farmers to be a little more considerate, but he stated that the work has to go on and that farmers do not have a choice. “It’s not something that we can stop, because the rain is falling…The mud has to come on the road with the tractor, it’s a norm when the rain falls”, he said.
“Those are agricultural areas and that’s the only way people will have access to their farms, so we have to take all that into consideration”, he added.` It’s a problem throughout the country in rice growing areas, he said.
But Rambrich scolded errant farmers, especially those whose tractors deposit large amounts of mud along the roadway. “Those are carless farmers…they can’t know that all that mud on their tractor and they bring it on the road… farmers should be more responsible.”
He noted that the practice is one punishable by the law, but the police have exercised some sort of leniency towards farmers.
“It’s dangerous because when rain falls vehicles can skid off the roads. Farmers have to be a little more responsible. The GRPA President is therefore appealing to farmers. “I do have tractors coming to and fro from back dam and we don’t bring that amount of mud from the road; it’s a tricky situation, because you don’t want the police to come in and victimize people, that will be a set back to the rice sector. But at the same time, we don’t want people to lose their lives during the accident.”
Since the rice crop should close within two weeks, Rambrich is appealing to motorists and residents for patience. “We are appealing to residents to bear for another two weeks…in another week or two cage wheels should come off, the crop should close”, he stated.
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