THE ‘SLUDGE” that caused a stink when it was illegally dumped in St Stephen’s Hill, and which is now being deposited in fields at Mount Wilton Plantation in St Thomas, is molasses that has been deteriorating in a tank at the harbour for more than 20 years.
MIDWEEK NATION investigations revealed that the thick, smelly stuff was being removed from a rusting metal storage tank at the Sugar Terminal at the Bridgetown Port. The tank is being cut apart to make way for new construction.
The work is being paid for by R.L.Seale & Co. Limited, one of the island’s leading rum producers, which reportedly owned and operated the tanks for decades.
In fact, one official in the construction business charged that people who sought to do work on the project were instructed to write directly to Sir David Seale with their proposals.
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