There is need for a comprehensive development plan for Lethem but the authorities have shown no intention of effecting one, President of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Daniel Gajie says.
“We still need a comprehensive approach and a real partnership between the private sector and the government to charter how Lethem and the Rupununi develops for the next five, maybe ten years,” he told Stabroek News in an interview in the Region Nine community recently. Unfortunately, he said, the authorities have not shown the intention in this regard. “We’re still developing in pockets, we still developing in an ad hoc manner. Lethem is growing but there is still absolutely no plan for drainage, there is no sewerage system,” he said.
“I would really like to see sooner than later, a comprehensive partnership whether government change from time to time, whether it is the