The operation to repair and clear main access roads followed an intensive joint services operation over the past weeks in which several wanted suspects from the village were apprehended and taken into custody.

Yesterday, the army continued repairs to several access roads, which were damaged by villagers and also removed debris from the roadway allowing access to vehicular traffic.

Major Brian Bristol in charge of the operations yesterday afternoon at Buxton told the media that life is returning to normal, and people have been complaining about the lack of easy access to and from the village.

With the use of heavy machinery the Army has begun filling several ditches across the railway embankment road and other access roads in the village.

However, Major Bristol said the work, which is being done with sand loom, is temporary and would be later asphalted.

“We would be looking over the next few days to see how the community is going to react to what is being done.” That includes people selling, operating transportation service and conducting other business, he said.

Major Bristol said that once the community reacts positively to the operation the army would move to dismantle and remove the main steel barricades, which were erected at the eastern and western outskirts of the village.

He said that although there was no direct community involvement in the operations, which village leaders promised, the army did not meet with any form of resistance or adverse comments in pursuit of fixing the damage.

He reported, too, that although there were some successes in ridding the village of criminal elements there were also failures, however not significant enough.