Min­ing and Pro­cess­ing of Ag­gre­gates As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T (MPATT) pres­i­dent Dan­ny Per­sad is call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to step in and fix the prob­lem of il­le­gal quar­ry­ing in the coun­try.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia last week, Per­sad said the pur­pose of the or­gan­i­sa­tion is to aid in the fast-track­ing of li­cences to avoid quar­ry op­er­a­tors op­er­at­ing il­le­gal­ly. He said there are 23 op­er­a­tors sup­port­ing him.

“We want to be on part of the ad­vi­so­ry board so we could li­aise with our mem­bers and with the reg­u­la­to­ry agen­cies so we could be on the same page and be more swift get­ting ap­provals done in the short­est pos­si­ble time,” Per­sad said.