By Shuntel Glasgow
Around sixty residents of Yarrowkabra, on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway face the permanent loss of access to water from a spring because of sand mining in the area.
The spring that supplies water to the community for consumption and domestic use has been contaminated as a result of sand mining for almost a year now.
Last year the residents met with Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy, during an outreach and highlighted the contaminated spring. And according to the village chairperson, Shanti Scrance, the community was promised pipelines and tanks during that outreach.