Electricity in Mahdia is cut and fuel in Lethem is running low as the impact of the road blockages at Linden bites into interior communities.
“Without a doubt, it is biting. It is biting a bit deep,” Minister of Natural Resources and the Environ-ment, Robert Persaud told reporters yesterday as he spoke on the impact on the mining and forestry sectors. He said he has asked the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Guyana Forestry Commission to do an analysis of the true impact, but the ministry has received some preliminary indications and in relation to bauxite,