By Suraj Narine
Logging company Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) is yet to begin operations at a long-delayed wood processing facility and company officials are tight-lipped on its status, though one official said that they would start operations within two weeks.
Vaitarna’s Chief Execu-tive Officer (CEO) Chetan Narayan refused to speak on the matter during a visit by Stabroek News to the Indian company’s Wineperu concession on the Essequibo River on Thursday. He demanded that no pictures be taken and said that visits to the facility site were prohibited.
Asked about the progress of the facility, Narayan declined to speak of it saying that it was not up to him to decide if the information was to be shared. After being pressed on the matter, another individual who was standing close to Narayan blurted out, “the plant is finished and we will start operations by next week or the other week.”
When asked to provide more information,