Key private investment projects linked to Jagdeo languishing

The Ajeenkya D Y Patil University had had minimal amount of works done since the Stabroek News visited the site earlier this year. A lone excavator remains and the roadway to enter the compound had been blocked by crates.

Several large foreign investment projects which had been championed by former president Bharrat Jagdeo are now languishing despite earlier pledges that they would take off.

A key example is the construction of the US$54 million Sun and Sand five-star hotel and casino at Lillendaal, East Coast Demerara.

When Stabroek News visited the site last week, there was no evidence of any work being started. Even the weather-battered sign was