Current floods in the upper and middle Mazaruni are being linked by residents with mining activity, the Guyana Human Rights Association said yesterday in a statement.
It said that residents of Region Seven claim that rivers, and especially creeks, can no longer flush excessive volumes of water following years of accumulated debris from mining, wanton clearing of bush and trees into the waterways and large deposits of tailings, sand and over-burden blocking the normal flow of currents. It added that discarded oil drums, 5-gallon plastic bottles and abandoned machinery were specifically mentioned.
