Puruni road upgrade to ease forestry woes

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat (left) and GMSA President Rafeek Khan at the meeting. (GMSA photo)

An upgrading of the Puruni Road in Region Seven is one of the measures the government will undertake to ease the problems being experienced in the forestry industry.

This was conveyed by Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat to members of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) at a meeting on June 9th.

A delegation including President of the GMSA, Rafeek Khan; Chairman of Extractive Industries, Denish Bisessar; Board Member, Mohindra Chand and Executive Director, Nizam Hassan met with the Minister of Natural Resources to discuss key challenges and opportunities within the forestry and wood products sector.