Accessing the newly constructed pier/jetty that Mr. Gajadhar had given assurances to construct to accommodate pleasure craft and fishing vessels, Rayneau Group of Companies has started hauling machinery for the operation of the Richmond Quarry.
It was a sight to behold as residents observed container after container being driven off the pier to the quarry site.
Although work had stopped momentarily, it recently restarted at the site where the crew is just preparing to do a layout
of where the plant is going to be located. "The preparation of this platform
would take between 40,000 and 60,000 cubic yards of material," Mr. Gajadhar
said.
This platform is where the first part of the crusher is going to fit. So the majority of the crews are occupied with doing that now.
For a few months last year, preparation works at the Richmond Quarry had actually stopped - nothing was happening. Mr. Gajadhar, CEO of Rayneau Group of Companies was of the opinion that many of the issues that sprung to life in the beginning, were caused by politics. “People must understand that politicians do things that are in their best interest and [sometimes] not in the interest of the people,” Referring to the stands taken by the opposition leader, Dr. Godwin Friday who called on the government to halt the quarry project.
Further, the opposition had tabled a motion in Parliament to suspend work on the quarry. But in May, Parliament voted against the motion brought by Leader of the Opposition, Godwin Friday.
Back in September last year Gajadhar told a media outlet that he gave everyone [Farmers] the time to remove their produce, and when he returns he will do what is to be done to push the operations forward as there is much preparation work to be done before the mining process takes place.
Rayneau Construction Limited has a leasehold for 30 years and has made an investment of 30 million dollars in the first instance.
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