Only about 10 per cent of the estimated 88 quarries operating in this country are licenced to do so according to the Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.<br /><br />And the Initiative's chairman said the amount unpaid royalties from operators in the sector is now estimated at around 194 million TT dollars.<br /><br />Drones are now being used to monitor the quarrying sector as a safety precaution, as an EMA official says illegally quarrying "could be a violent and rugged place".<br /><br />Juhel Browne reports.
