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AS land movement continued overnight in Royal Engineer Road, Los Iros, near the site of its mud volcano, Minister in the Ministry of Public Utilities Clyde Elder says plans to repair an alternative route for farmers to transport their produce are under way.

Late last week, the area, which is home to at least 30 farmers who have planted acres of produce across its length for decades, began dramatically shifting. The movement saw farmlands surrounding the volcano dropping and rising by tens of feet, crumbling storehouses and bursting at least two ponds in the area.

Environmental activist Edward Moodie said the nearby shoreline has been upthrust in some areas by as much as 20 feet. He said the movement was likely directly linked to volcanic activity along the Faultline, which he said ran across Trinidad, from Piparo, straight to the ocean in Los Iros.