The dirt dam built to enable children living in Oronoque to access school at Port Kaituma Central, in Region One, is rapidly deteriorating and while residents believe it is the result of substandard work, the region is blaming use by vehicular traffic for which it was never intended.
According to Regional Vice-Chairman Fermin Singh, the weight of the heavy trucks caused craters on the dam and it has turned into a “slush pond”
