The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development is currently in the final stages of acquiring a new area for a landfill site in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Once finalised, the area will be commissioned this year, a release from the Department of Public Information said. The current waste disposal site is located at Byderabo, in the centre of the township.
Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall made the disclosure during a community meeting held at the St. Anthony Primary School on Saturday. Also present were Regional Executive Officer Kerwin Ward, Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall and other officials.
Dharamlall said the location of the current sanitary site is not good for human health.
“We are going to do some development work where that (sanitary site) is concerned. Solid waste is always a major problem, and I think the township of Bartica has been able to manage it much better than other areas. So, it means that we have responsible people in this township”, he said, according to DPI.
