No more gravel from rivers

[NewsWhore]

The Ministry of Environment has announced that as of tomorrow the extraction of gravel and sand from the country's rivers will be illegal. Hoy writes that companies that extract gravel from rivers have until 10 February 2008 to remove their equipment from the rivers. Companies that extract gravel include Grupo Modetso, Ernesto Lora, Agregados Consolidados Servicorte, Sucesion Guzman, Cantera del Tropico, Agregados Nizao, Grancera Mon Braca and Roberto Guzman. The resolution to stop gravel extraction was passed on 10 August 2007. The original Ministry of Environment stipulation ordered the equipment to be removed prior to the expiry of the extraction ban.

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