Hundreds stranded in Essequibo River as ferries run aground on sand bank

Guyanese should not be surprised at the incompetence of these AFC/PNC fools. More punishment is yet to come for Guyanese. They were conned and misled by the AFC/PNC and they are now paying the price for their decision.

The economy is in a recession and add their incompetence and this is what you get.

Guyana gone fuh channa to quote our top GNIer Nehru bhai.

Skelly Bhai,

Nehru Bhai deserves an award for coining that phrase and add the two House Slaves, Moses and Ramjattan to his phrases.

When yuh give Jackass and House Slave to run a Country this will happen.

Is this the first time a ferry ran aground in the Essequibo River?? damn some individuals can grasp at straws.

Django posted:

Is this the first time a ferry ran aground in the Essequibo River?? damn some individuals can grasp at straws.

Blame the PPP for silting up the river.

skeldon_man posted:

Django posted:

Is this the first time a ferry ran aground in the Essequibo River?? damn some individuals can grasp at straws.

Blame the PPP for silting up the river.

Django posted:

skeldon_man posted:

Django posted:

Is this the first time a ferry ran aground in the Essequibo River?? damn some individuals can grasp at straws.

Blame the PPP for silting up the river.

This silting is a result of 23 years of negligence.

If the Burnham Government didn't steal the money they got from the World bank to  dredge the mouth of the Essequibo river, then this problem wouldn't have occurred.

yuji22 posted:

Skelly Bhai,

Nehru Bhai deserves an award for coining that phrase and add the two House Slaves, Moses and Ramjattan to his phrases.

Nehru posted:

When yuh give Jackass and House Slave to run a Country this will happen.

Run down the country is their focus.

yuji22 posted:

Guyanese should not be surprised at the incompetence of these AFC/PNC fools. More punishment is yet to come for Guyanese. They were conned and misled by the AFC/PNC and they are now paying the price for their decision.

The economy is in a recession and add their incompetence and this is what you get.

yuji, ferry boats have been running aground in the Essequibo River mouth for decades. No politics involved. At low tides those T&HD big boats encounter sand banks often. They have to wait for the next high tide to float and continue the journey. Last year one of those two Chinese ferryboats slammed into Wakenaam because its sailors were drunk. The PPP minister Robeson Benn shifted them from that boat to work on another vessel. Here is a pic of that incident:

Ramakant-P posted:

If the Burnham Government didn't steal the money they got from the World bank to  dredge the mouth of the Essequibo river, then this problem wouldn't have occurred.

Merry Chrismuss, dankey! Guyana's rivers are not easy to stay dredged for long. The sediments soon fill them back. It is the nature of the geography there. Forbes passed away in 85...BTW.

So who dreged the river from 1985 to 1992? When Forbes was alive, did he use the shovel gang from one of the estates or a dredge?

They should bridge that river, build it across the islands.

More people guh jump ovah. You gon give Tola a heart attack.

skeldon_man posted:

More people guh jump ovah. You gon give Tola a heart attack.

LOL....  you got me cracking up bhai.

The incompetence continues as the afc/apnu fill their pockets with 50% raise instead of dredging the Essiquibo river. 

T&HD blames sediment for Essequibo ferries’ mishap

The Transport and Harbours Department of the Public Infrastructure Ministry on Monday said the heavily laden MV

The two boats aground at Hog Island areas

Kanawan coupled with low tide and sediment making its way into ‘water suction’ are the reasons the vessel run aground in the Essequibo River on Sunday.
Hundreds of passengers, including vehicles/owners were left stranded for hours in the water of the Essequibo River, sparking fear, frustration and even anger among those affected.
The MV Kanawan and the MV Malali, which ply the Region Two-Region Three route both ran aground at the Chalmers (Hog Island) area.
Reports are that MV Kanawan had departed the Supenaam Stelling with over 250 passengers around midday Sunday heading for Parika, Region Three when it ran aground.
On Monday in a statement the T&HD said: “the Motor Vessel Kanawan departed the Supenaam Stelling for Parika at approximately 12:00h on Sunday, December 27, 2015 with 255 passengers and 42 vehicles on board, thus it was heavily laden.”
The T&HD said the overboard water suction through which water enters to cool the main engines became blocked with sediment causing the engine to overheat and subsequently automatically shut-down. Efforts to clear the suction pipes and to restart the engines proved futile.
This newspaper was told that upon learning of the situation the relevant authorities dispatched the MV Malali to render assistance but unfortunately, it met the same fate as the other ferry.
T&HD said its personnel at the Parika Stelling were subsequently contacted and they immediately chartered and dispatched six water taxis from Parika to transport the passengers to the Parika Stelling. The vessel with the vehicles on board was later towed to Parika by a tug

Django posted:

They should bridge that river, build it across the islands.

 They should bridge it about 10/15 miles upstream where it's narrower and calmer.