The issue of beach access on Canouan, which had escalated earlier this year, has come to an amicable end, at least for now. In August and September, picketers on Canouan used vehicles to block the North and East entrances of a resort operated by Canouan Resorts Development (CRD), after the developers tried to erect a gate in an area that provides public access to several of the island’s beaches including …
Auction to get rid of over 700 wrecks at police graveyard in Cumuto
As many as 400 police vehicles, some of which are beyond repair, will be auctioned. - ROGER JACOB
The graveyard for derelict police vehicles lies just before the Cumuto army barracks.
Here, a total of 461 wrecked police vehicles, mostly Mitsubishi Lancers and Suzuki Grand Vitaras, waiting to be processed for an auction that the police hope will take place in August.
Police vehicles – cars, buses, vans, trucks and motorcycles – many of them covered in mildew and with no wheels or doors – line a four-acre space carved from 100 acres of land given to the police by the state. Cars date back as far as the PBC series, which was the registration number for June 1997 to January 1998.