As pressure builds for action, Crown Mining Supplies has consulted with a professional salvager to retrieve their sunken dredge at Piremap Falls, Mazaruni River, while MARAD says that a date cannot be set as to when the river will be cleared.
The dredge sank three months ago but only became a hindrance to river traffic several weeks ago after it shifted into the channel when the company tried to salvage it. Several attempts to remove it have proved futile.
It was announced two weeks ago that MARAD and Crown Mining Supplies would be intensifying
