The Regional Administration of Region Six is now equipped with a new engine at the cost of $4,560,000 to enable boat trips to riverine communities in the region, and also a new pickup truck valued $7, 980,000, both the result of an intervention by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall.
A simple handing over ceremony was held in the administration’s compound recently for both items and was attended by Dharamlall, Regional Chairman, David Armogan; Regional Executive Officer, Narindra Persaud; and Regional Vice Chairman, Zamal Hussain.
Armogan recalled that in 2017 the then APNU+AFC government had bought a boat with engine for riverine trips but “the engine never started and so the engine had to be discarded.”
Armogan stated that when it was discovered what the cost to repair the engine would have been, “it didn’t make sense,” and as such, the minister intervened and ensured a new engine was procured for the boat. “So we will have now our own boat to go to Orealla and Siparuta.”
The boat will also be used by the regional administration for necessary trips to Baracara.
