Agriculture Senator, Keith Clouden has called on the Government to disclose to the nation who is responsible for granting permission to one Kulwinder Cheema, a so-called businessman from India to exploit a natural spring water resource in the government’s forest reserve at Cocoa Dee in St. David’s for his personal and private benefit.

The Independent Senator said that the nation’s forest reserves and natural resources like ground water should never be compromised to any foreign interest.

As such, he is calling on the Keith Mitchell Government to promptly put a stop to any further development of this project by the foreign Indian businessman. Sen. Clouden stated that government needed to act more responsibly to ensue that the island’s natural resources are always protected and safeguarded against being infringed upon or exploited by non-nationals.

He wants the administration to give disclosure to any agreement it has with Cheema “to exploit and sell our natural spring water for his personal profit”.

According to Sen. Clouden, if there is no agreement between Government and Cheema, then the administration should move ahead and “legally prosecute Mr. Kulwinder Cheema for unlawfully trespassing and causing destruction to the forest reserve as well as fraud as a whole”.

The farmer’s representative in the Senate is advocating that only the National Water & Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) or Grenadians should be allowed to exploit the water resources of Grenada.