Remigrant peeved as new road traps machinery for over 1 year

For the past year and a half, a re-migrant who returned to Guyana to set up a construction company has not been able to get his equipment out of the business premises, since the street in which the premises are located was upgraded and has become too narrow for any heavy-duty machinery or vehicle to traverse. This has forced him to leave millions of dollars’ worth of equipment, including a dragline, locked in.
Ganesh Bovil told this publication that after investing millions of dollars in equipment and infrastructure into a construction firm, he is at a standstill, since he cannot get some of his equipment out of one of his business premises at Betsy Ground in East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). Currently, a dragline and other machinery have been rusting in the compound for the past year and a half.

According to Bovil, his family had a sawmill at the Betsy Ground location for 40 years, and during that time, they had maintained the access road. However, he returned to Guyana to find the street has been upgraded from earth covered with crusher-run to a concrete surface, but he has been unable to get his equipment out of the area because the road is now too narrow.
“I am trying to get my machine out of here, and I spoke to the Vice Chairman, the Chairman, and the NDC [Neighbourhood Democratic Council] Chairman too. It is over one and a half years I am trying to get the machine out of there, and nothing is happening; the street is so narrow,” Bovil pointed out.
He said his operation is next to the Canje River, and he is also planning to establish a wharf facility.
“I am trying to see how they can assist me to fix the street, so that the machine can get out of here,” he said.
According to Bovil, when the street upgrade work commenced, he had approached the authorities for consideration to be made for his business. He, however, did not offer any explanation as to why he did not remove his equipment when the road was being constructed.