Information reaching The Fatu Network has it that the youths of Kombo Sanyang Village have ordered sand miners to stop operations at the quarry.
According to reliable sources, the youths have given an ultimatum to the sand miners to immediately leave the quarry alleging that serious environmental damages might cause some natural disasters to the community.
The actions of these youths have brought to mind the Faraba incident that resulted to lost of lives, injuries and damages of properties equivalent to millions of Dalasi.
It has been reported that sand mining operations at Sanyang quarry was stopped whilst truck drivers move to Tambana, at the outskirt of Brikama. There are more than fifty trucks at a time queuing for sand at Tambana quarry which is not the same quality with the mostly used beach sand. They are buying sand from the Chinese.
“Honestly, we have exhausted the Sanyang quarry,” Bakary Sowe, a truck driver said.
Sowe said the concerns raised by the youths are legitimate, saying the mining has almost reached a level that could cause a serious calamity.
“Nowadays, people are abusing democracy by taking the law into their own hands,” Ebrima Jallow, a truck owner said.
“They want to copy after the Faraba youths,” he added.
Jallow argued that nobody dare such a thing during the regime of former President Yahya Jammeh who ruled the country with an iron fist.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Geology Director was contacted to shed light on the story but was reportedly out of the jurisdiction.
