The closure of the Skeldon Sugar Estate has taken a toll on the business community in the bordering town of Corriverton, Berbice, Region six. Nine months after the estate was closed, businesses are recording very low sales and many of them are operating at a lost.
Following the closure of four sugar factories last year, and the displacing of almost 5000 workers several communities recognised a slowdown in commercial activity.
Last year 1851 workers were sacked from the Skeldon Sugar Estate, 1181 from the Rose Hall Estate, 1480 from the East Demerara Sugar Estate and 251 from the Wales Sugar Estate.
The impact on Corriverton as a result of the Skeldon closure is being referred to as great.
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