Managing Director of BK International Brian Tiwari says that the use of excavators, bulldozers and other heavy-duty machinery on the Supenaam Stelling is responsible for the collapse which occurred recently, even as the Public Works Minister says that the results of an ongoing review will determine what went wrong.
Last month, a section of the multi-million dollar stelling on the Essequibo Coast collapsed under the weight of a heavy-duty truck that was transporting rice to the capital city. Due to the mishap, a weight restriction was placed on all vehicular traffic until the operators of Golden Fleece Rice Investment financed repairs, which saw the placement of metal sheets across the collapsed sections.
Rice millers were particularly affected by the weight restriction, which necessitated more trips in
