Project Coordinator for the Rural Enterprise and Agricultural Development Project at the Ministry of Agriculture, Vimala Balgobin died yesterday afternoon along the Linden-Lethem trail following an accident.
Stabroek News understands that Balgobin, who is also a member of the Guyana Marketing Corporation’s Board of Directors, was conducting training on women’s empowerment in remote locations.
Balgobin and her husband were in the vehicle when it crashed along a bridge. Her husband was medivaced to the Georgetown Public Hospital late last evening.