Environmental issues plague Linden

Feb 15, 2014 News

Regional administration engage Bosai

Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon, has expressed concern about the environmental issues affecting the residents of Lower Kara Kara and its environs.
The problem is caused by the heavy siltation of both the Hymara and Kara Kara creeks.
The heavy siltation of the creek has rendered areas such as Kara Kara and Rainbow City susceptible to flooding, whenever there is heavy rainfall.
The residue left on the road, after the floods, and other material dispersed and deposited on its surface has now rendered the Hymara road, which was completely asphalted, a carriageway that is so covered with bauxitic residue, that there is no evidence of the original asphalted road.
According to Solomon, this state of affairs has resulted from the negligence of the Company, and as such he is suggesting that Bosai wash the road until all the bauxitic residue is completely removed.
Works to clear the creek has started but Solomon expressed concern that Bosai engaged their ‘own people to do the excavation works, instead of employing people with the knowledge to clear the creek.
“We want the work to be done; it took about two months before they got around to get this work started, and now look at the road. It is terrible and people are suffering from this dust.
“And the thing is, they continue to do only a portion of the creek. This is the second time that they are clearing the creek, and they are only doing a portion.
“But they just can’t be doing a part; they have to do the entire creek.”
Solomon said that because of what the company had done in the area of the dyke, the mines and the tailings pond, the rerouting or the altering of the drainage to some extent, has resulted in the heavy siltation of the creek, at a more rapid pace.
The creek which had previously been cleared once or twice a year, now has to be cleared sometimes as many as four times per year, because of the heavy siltation, he said.
Solomon added that it was only after he had spoken to Bosai’s Company Secretary, and advised him that the company should immediately pay some attention to the issue, that the clearing of the creek started, the very next day.
“What the region is promoting at the level of statutory is to have our environmental consultant…who in the early 70’s would have worked on the construction of the tailings pond, and would have identified the manuals used in maintainance and the use of tailings pond.
So far, based on that document, we are concerned that the proper management of the tailings pond is not being employed and we hope that the Ministry of Natural Resources, after investigations would have ensured that the manual that has been established for the management of the tailings pond is properly enforced since it is that manual that the region is going to use to hold Bosai accountable.
But the methods being used to clear the creek are of some concern. They are causing the road to be left in a very untidy state.
Meanwhile a resident of Kara Kara who recently had an X-ray done told Kaieteur News that she was asked by the doctor whether she lived in a dusty area, as there was evidence of a lot of dust within her lungs.
Another resident, who farms for a living has said that he is prepared to take legal action against Bosai, because of the losses he has incurred over the years due to flooding caused by the heavy siltation of the Hymara Creek.

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